Kasparov vies for Russia presidency
Global
By Agencies
Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, has been named as the Other Russia opposition party’s candidate for next year’s presidential elections.
Kasparov overwhelmingly won a party vote ahead of five other candidates to contest the March 2008 election to replace Vladimir Putin.
“I will do everything possible for the ideas of Other Russia to win. This will work only if we stay united,” he said on Sunday.
“I know that the road will be difficult,” he said, referring to the group’s regular encounters with the police and negotiations with other opposition leaders.
He won 379 of 494 votes cast at the meeting, beating other candidates including Mikhail Kasyanov, the former prime minister, and Viktor Gerashchenko, a former central bank chief.
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Did someone already use the caption “this is what I want to do to Putin once I get my hands around his head”?
May the best chess player running for president win.