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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6554989.stm

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why can't he just let the Russia slowly fall into anarchy like all decent high-profile russians do.

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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6554989.stm
I can't say i always agree with him, he's somewhat opinionated, but i respect him immensely. He's a millionaire, he doesn't need to do any of this stuff but he has conscience, a quality that is sadly lacking these days...

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Originally posted by Jusuh
why can't he just let the Russia slowly fall into anarchy like all decent high-profile russians do.
anarchy would probably be a better choice than the dictatorship that's been built up. no free mainstream media anymore, try funding putin's opposition and they will take your oil company and throw you into jail, staged "people's opposition", civil war etc...

elect a nationalist kgb guy president, and that's what you get. it's almost like the 'good old' soviet times all over again.

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Is it a conscience he has or an ego in need of stroking by an adoring populace?

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I believe that he(Kasparov) is unequivicably correct. It is true about Putin. So the next time you decide to vote in a 'Clinton' think about what Bill did in Russia. (As a note, the Clinton administration put President Putin into power. Thus it stands to reason why some of the Russian Government Believe that we stand against Kasparov...)

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Originally posted by demonseed
Is it a conscience he has or an ego in need of stroking by an adoring populace?
Does it matter? He's doing the right thing! Whatever his motives, he's taking a wrong and trying to make it right. That is worthy of respect IMO...

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Originally posted by wormwood
anarchy would probably be a better choice than the dictatorship that's been built up. no free mainstream media anymore, try funding putin's opposition and they will take your oil company and throw you into jail, staged "people's opposition", civil war etc...

elect a nationalist kgb guy president, and that's what you get. it's almost like the 'good old' soviet times all over again.
yeah. The worst thing for us is if some lunatic military general seizes the power. After Putin loses in 2008, it might happen. With or without Putin.

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Originally posted by Jusuh
yeah. The worst thing for us is if some lunatic military general seizes the power. After Putin loses in 2008, it might happen. With or without Putin.
with the death grip he has on russian media, I doubt he'd lose. but the can't run for president anymore as the constitution restricts the number of terms. still, I doubt he'll give the power away, it's not the 'kgb way' of doing things. he might change the constitution to allow him more terms as a president, or appoint himself as a prime minister and a puppet for a president. the number of terms for being prime minister is not restricted like pesidential terms.

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well, at least kasparov is getting his hands dirty. Scotland's leading politically-minded celebrity, sean connery, lives in the Bahamas...

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I don't like knowing he's been arrested. X.x

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Originally posted by demonseed
Is it a conscience he has or an ego in need of stroking by an adoring populace?
He gets that anyway. He's already an international celebrity. Where's the motivation?

If it was me, I'd lose myself in good Russian vodka and hot young chess groupies.

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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6554989.stm
That is no big deal. In Russia they arrest you if you blunder. 😞

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Originally posted by rbmorris
He gets that anyway. He's already an international celebrity. Where's the motivation?

If it was me, I'd lose myself in good Russian vodka and hot young chess groupies.
I just did a search on "Chess Babes".

http://www.pestiside.hu/archives/hungo_chess_babes_checkmate_the_competition000670.php

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I just did a search on "Chess Babes".

http://www.pestiside.hu/archives/hungo_chess_babes_checkmate_the_competition000670.php

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Nice! This too: http://www.1wcbc.com/

If I was Kaspy, I'd be hittin' all dat!

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