By Anders Anglesey Russia has arrested Garry Kasparov and charged him in connection with foreign agent and terrorist charges – much to the former chess champion’s amusement. The city court in Syktyvkar, the largest city in Russia’s northwestern Komi region, announced it had arrested the grandmaster in absentia alongside former Russian parliament member Gennady Gudkov, Ivan Tyutrin co-founder of the Free Russia Forum – which has been designated as an ‘undesirable organisation in the country – as well as former environmental activist Yevgenia Chirikova. All were charged with setting up a terrori…
