The 13th World Chess Champion, a public figure and politician.
Garry Kasparov was the co-chairman of the All-Russian Civil Congress "Russia for Democracy, Against Dictatorship". In 2005, on his initiative, the socio-political movement United Civil Front was created. Since 2008 - member of the Bureau of the United Democratic Movement "Solidarity". One of the initiators of the mass signature campaign "Putin Must Go".
In 2014, he condemned the seizure of Crimea by Russia and Russia's actions in connection with the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, and called on Western leaders to increase pressure on Putin. Garry Kasparov considers Crimea to be Ukrainian territory.
In February 2014, Kasparov received Croatian citizenship.
In March 2016, Kasparov became a co-founder of the Free Russia Forum (FRF).
