Biography
In 1990, Kasparov participated in the creation of the Democratic Party of Russia (DPR) and was elected one of the deputy chairmen of the party.
In June 1993, Kasparov participated in the creation of the “Vybor Rossii” (“Russia’s choice”) electoral bloc.
In 2005, he initiated the socio-political movement United Civil Front, whose activists elected Kasparov chairman of the movement. In two years of intensive political activity, Garry Kasparov traveled to more than 30 regions of Russia and met with thousands of Russian citizens. In 2006, with Kasparov’s participation, the “Other Russia” coalition of political and civil forces was founded.
In 2007, at the convention of the “Other Russia” coalition, Garry Kasparov was elected as a joint opposition candidate for the 2008 presidential election.
In 2008, he became one of the founders and a member of the Federal Bureau of the United Democratic Movement “Solidarity”.
In 2008, he co-founded and became a member of the Federal Bureau of the United Democratic Movement “Solidarity”.
Since 2011, he has been the head of the Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights. In October 2012 he was elected to the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition.
On March 10, 2010, Kasparov signed an appeal of the Russian opposition “Putin must go”.
In June 2013, he announced his departure from Russia and the continuation of his fight against Putin’s regime in the international arena.
In 2014, Kasparov condemned the annexation of Crimea and Russia’s actions in the Donbass and called on Western leaders to increase pressure on Putin.
In 2016, he co-founded the Free Russia Forum. Since then, more than a dozen conferences have been held in Vilnius under the auspices of the Forum, attended by Russian civic activists, politicians, journalists, publicists, international experts, and cultural representatives. One of the forum’s projects was the compilation of the “Putin List” (putting forward proposals to expand the list of Russian citizens subject to U.S. and EU sanctions). Since the beginning of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, three anti-war conferences have been held in Vilnius under the auspices of the FRF.
Since February 2022, he has been a member of the Russian Anti-War Committee.
Since 2022, he has been a co-founder of the Russian Action Committee. In August-September, the Congress of Free Russia, the largest and most representative event of the Russian opposition, was held in Vilnius under the auspices of the RAC.