Garry Kasparov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.1 part 4, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Region
- MoscowKomi Republic
- City
- Moscow, Syktyvkar
Case summary
13th world chess champion. In 2005, he became chairman of the opposition United Civil Front, and in 2008 he became a member of the federal bureau of the Solidarity movement. In 2016, he co-founded the Free Russia Forum. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In May 2022, he was included in the register of "foreign agents". On 6 March 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring's List of Terrorists and Extremists, with a notation indicating that a case had been opened against him under one of the "terrorist" articles. On 24 April 2024, Kasparov was arrested in absentia on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist community, organising terrorist activities and calling for terrorism. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Kasparov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for a change of power in Russia. In December 2025, he was arrested in absentia in the case of public justification of terrorism, details unknown.
Others charged under Article 205.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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