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Interview with Garry Kasparov

George Negus interviews former chess champion and former Presidential candidate Garry Kasparov about the upcoming Russian elections.

In 2007, Kasparov entered the Russian Presidential race, receiving 379 of 498 votes at a congress held in Moscow by The Other Russia.

This weekend as Russians head to the polls to vote for their new president, Kasparov is calling for an election boycott and protests on the streets.

He's also calling on Western nations to snub Putin's hand-picked successor and the all but certain new president, Dmitri Medvedev.

On air: 27th February 2008

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