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Russia’s ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s remarks regarding the white ribbons worn by protesters at recent nationwide rallies against alleged electoral fraud.
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Garry Kasparov needs four armed guards in Russia · 2007-04-06 18:53
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, now a political opposition leader in Russia, said that his personal safety is more of concern now.
According to Mosnews, Kasparov never touches the food and drink on Russian carrier Aeroflot.
“I don't consume anything there on Aeroflot,” Kasparov told Reutersin an interview in London, where he promots his new book.
He has two bodyguards in Moscow and four armed guards during his trips around Russia. He tries avoid Aeroflot international flights.
“Does it reduce the risk? No. If the state wants to go after me they will, but what else can I do? I live in peace with myself.”
“Russia today is a police state,” he said. “Democracy is a mere word, and every day the remnants of democracy are vanishing under pressure from the Kremlin.”
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