Moscow Court Finds Former World Chess Champion Kasparov Innocent

A Moscow court found Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion and a leader of Russia’s Solidarity opposition group, innocent of alleged participation in an unlawful rally, according to a statement published on Kasparov’s website. Kasparov was detained outside a Moscow court during the reading of the verdict in the trial of three members of Pussy Riot, an all-female punk band, on Aug. 17. “It is hard to imagine a situation where a Russian court finds a member of the opposition innocent,” Kasparov said in the website statement.

via sfgate: Moscow Court Finds Former World Chess Champion Kasparov Innocent

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