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Russian Police Seize Kasparov
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CmdrTaco
on Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:41 AM
from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.
from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Russian police seized Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess champion, for staging a political rally against Vladimir Putin. IBM's Deep Blue computer was the first to beat a world champion when it defeated Kasparov, who is one of the strongest players in history." He's also been a giant critic of the Russian administration which is increasingly restricting free speech.
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obigatory joke (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, this sucks.
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Re:obligatory joke (Score:5, Interesting)
They said the same about Nelson Mandela...
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The Kremlin Plays Brutal Chess (Score:5, Informative)
According to a report [washingtonpost.com] recently issued by Reuters, the leading political candidate representing the liberal anti-Kremlin Yabloko party has been shot by an unknown assailant. The candidate is now in serious condition in a hospital. This attempted assassination caps a year-long effort, by the Kremlin, to rig the parliamentary election on December 2. Under orders from the Kremlin, banks have refused to accept donations from supporters for deposit in the accounts of opposition parties [iht.com]. Owners of assembly halls have canceled contracts allowing opposition politicians to stage rallies. The police have seized the newspapers of opposition parties in a draconian attempt to prevent them from spreading their message.
In early November, the election-monitoring arm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) declined to send election observers to Russia [timesonline.co.uk] to monitor the 2007 parliamentary election. This OSCE decision resulted from (1) the Kremlin's refusing to allow more than 70 OSCE observers to enter Russia and (2) the Kremlin's delaying the granting of visas to them. In 2003, the Kremlin had accepted 400 OSCE observers [iht.com], but after the OSCE condemned the 2003 election for being unfair, many folks in the Kremlin vowed to stymie OSCE's efforts in future elections.
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Re:The Kremlin Plays Brutal Chess (Score:5, Interesting)
It doesn't matter. It never did. As long as they're not Communist, everything is hunky-dory.
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Re:The Kremlin Plays Brutal Chess (Score:5, Interesting)
Then why does America still have such close ties to China? Nixon and Kissinger really helped improve things, true; both America and China had bones against the USSR; and it's better to be at peace than at war (at least in my opinion, but why is there no strong ideological war being carried out? The real answer is that they're awesome trading partners, unlike the inefficient, walled-off USSR. I feel like I'm playing a shell game, and at some point, "democracy" was replaced with "capitalism". As was said before, now that they're pumping dinosaur juice out to the rest of the world and we can build a McDonalds in Red Square, we like Russia.
I suppose this is a trite observation. Of course democracy has been usurped by capitalism. I just hadn't really thought about it in terms of foreign policy before.
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Re:Someone sieze that bitch Hillary (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:obigatory joke (Score:5, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, Pawns seize Kasparov!
sigh... I had to say it
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Don't Worry (Score:5, Funny)
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In Soviet Russia (Score:5, Insightful)
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In Soviet Russia, they shoot dissidents.
Not quite there yet, guys.
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Re:In Soviet Russia (Score:5, Informative)
In Soviet Russia, they shoot dissidents.
Not quite there yet, guys.
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gratuitous IBM inclusion (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:gratuitous IBM inclusion (Score:5, Interesting)
In 2004, the Libertarian and Green candidates for President of the United States were arrested for attempting to enter the building in which the presidential debates were being held.
Yes, it is that serious, and, yes, it does happen here.
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Re:gratuitous IBM inclusion (Score:5, Interesting)
And here in good old Blighty, let us not forget the frail, old Holocaust survivor who got arrested under Anti-Terrorism laws for shouting, "Nonsense," at a Labour Party conference.
Keep on rockin' in the Free World.
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Re:another obligatory joke (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:"Stern but fair?" (Score:5, Interesting)
You have to understand the political climate in Russia to see that Putinism does not have many alternatives, given sincere dislike of what West looks like in the light of American foreign policy.
Putin came to power "with the blood of Chechens up to his elbows", but he made some good changes in Russia after the lawlessness of 90's. That happened many time in history, that is how autocratic rulers usually come to power: after screw ups of democracy, they fix many things (and then they fall, of course, and that what will eventually happen to Putinisim as well). Autocratism vs democracy is like dinosaurs vs mammals. Dinosaurs are bigger and stronger, but mammals are more resilient.
Kasparov and other liberal opposition have ZERO influence or support in Russia. The only (very weak as well) opposition in Russia is a Communist party (do not laugh, it is not funny). The West of course do not care and they will support this puppet liberal opposition, anyway...
Putinism in Russia is for long for better or for worse (for whom?).
And "fairness" has very little to do in politics. Laws are typically broken by the powers.
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Re:The Deep Blue Win (Score:5, Interesting)
He's got a massive ego, so people dismiss him as a bad loser. But his accusations of cheating aren't without merit [about.com].
My respect for him has gone up quite a bit because of this incident. I wonder if I would have the courage to stand up to police and arbitrary imprisonment, knowing what Russian jails must be like these days.
I hear lots of griping about the state of the world on /. and elsewhere, but I wonder if any of us would have the courage to put our beliefs into action like he has.
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