A Warning from Garry Kasparov

Claudia Rosett

November 24, 2007 7:50 PM

The AFP reports that Garry Kasparov — a champion not only of the chessboard, but of democracy — has just been jailed in Moscow for organizing a peaceful demonstration.

Kasparov is no fool; and in a dangerous game, this is no accident. We can be sure he knew this arrest was likely. In peacefully opposing Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, Kasparov is putting himself on the line to send a warning about the despotic clouds gathering thick over Russia. Are we listening?

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected] Claudia Rosett is widely recognized as a ground-breaking reporter on corruption at the United Nations. Her investigative reporting skills, drawn from three decades as a journalist covering international affairs, led her to expose the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, the worst financial fraud in the history of humanitarian relief. Ms. Rosett worked from 1984-2002 as a staff editorialist, editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and has appeared before six U.S. House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees to testify on subjects including U.N.-related corruption and the Iran-North Korea strategic alliance. Her work on Oil-for-Food earned Claudia the 2005 Eric Breindel Award and the Mightier Pen award, and for her on-site coverage of China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, she won an Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence. She is a Foreign Policy Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and writes a column on foreign affairs for Forbes.com.