Chess master Gary Kasparov removed from Russian history book
July 21, 2015  21:25
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An entry about chess champion and anti-Putin political activist Garry Kasparov has been removed from a book commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Russian sports club Spartak, of which he was a member. Despite being one of the Soviet Union's most successful and famous chess players, he has become a pariah of Putin's government due to his political activism. He lives in Moscow, but travels constantly across Europe and the USA.
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