One of the leaders of Russian opposition and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov was detained this Friday. He was arrested together with other activists who protested against the verdict in the trial of the female punk rock band Pussy Riot.
After Alexey Navalny published this video in his blog, it collected more than 1,500 comments.
Russian netizens on the arrest of Garry Kasparov
czariov: For Putin’s junta this is normal.Для путинской хунты это нормально.
hcitatel (replying to the above): What is normal? Arresting criminals? This is normal for law enforcement authorities of any country. А что нормально? Арестовывать преступников? Это для любых правоохранительных органов любой страны нормально.
lili_nine (replying to the above): The nation has degenerated.нация выродилась
vitauskas242: And some say that chess is not power sports ;)а еще говорят, что шахматы несиловой вид спорта;)
t_orbelyan: I just didn’t understand, – what for?не понял главного ,- за что ?


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can somebody buy these guys some pepper spray, so Russia can be a nice normal democratic country?
Kasparov sure knows to to use his fame. I swear he must have a target on him or something.