Current Events > Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov added to Russia's terrorist and extremist list

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Russias financial monitoring agency has added ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov to its list of terrorists and extremists.

The listing, by Rosfinmonitoring, restricts client bank transactions, requiring users to get approval every time they access their accounts.

Kasparov to expressed his amusement, calling the citation an honor that says more about Putins fascist regime than about me.

Today would be a good day to add Russia, Putin and all his cronies to the state sponsors of terror list, he added, referring to a U.S. list of countries found to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

After ending his chess career in 2005, Kasparov became active in the Russian opposition, but left the country in 2013 to avoid persecution.

He is now one of the most outspoken opponents of Putins regime in exile.

In 2015, Kasparov published a book prophetically titled Winter is Coming, arguing that Putin and other enemies of the free world must be stopped.

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the chess player and other public figures founded the Anti-War Committee, calling on the international community to declare Russian leaders war criminals.

In May of that year, Russias justice ministry included Kasparov to a list of foreign agents, largely Kremlin critics who are closely monitored by Russian authorities.

Kasparovs media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sharp mind. Went to a tournament and he was thinking about 21 moves ahead of his opponent.

On topic, he'd better beef up his security and gtfo of the country, if he hasn't already.

After ending his chess career in 2005, Kasparov became active in the Russian opposition, but left the country in 2013 to avoid persecution.

He should probably expatriate before he gets killed.

Apparently, he's been living in New York City since 2013. But who knows if being on American soil will save him from a sudden fall from a skyscraper window, or from a polonium-laced hot dog?