Summary
It was so, well, Soviet. This weekend's news clips showed Russian goon squads charging courageous opponents of an authoritarian Kremlin, truncheons flailing, roughing up the dissenters and arresting their leaders. One of those detained on Saturday was Garry Kasparov, the long-time World Chess Champion and a world-class champion of freedom.
Although Mr. Kasparov was subsequently released, his forcible detention is a sign of the extent of Vladimir Putin's repression and the master of the Kremlin's confidence that the Free World will not protest, let alone punish, the Russian government's ever-more aggressive behavior at home and abroad. If the Kremlin can move with impunity against the most visible, widely admired and gutsy of its critics, no one in Russia is safe. And the world beyond will become more dangerous, too.See the full content of this document
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Freedom's Champions?
Like the refuseniks of the Soviet Union storied individuals like Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Solshenitsyn and Anatoly Sharansky Mr. Kasparov has been a formidable adversary for a government accustomed to having its own way. He has written powerful c...
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