Kasparov's Russia

Garry Kasparov is a Russian version of Bobby Fisher but unlike Bobby who can only publish his bizarre ideas on eccentric internet sites only Garry enjoys full access to major mainstream American newspapers. In an article called “What’s bad for Putin is best for Russian” in New York Times he writes about Bush:

Now this American president seems to be saying that Iraqis and Afghans are deserving of democracy, but Russians are not.

You get it right. Garry Kasparov is a strong supporter of bombing Russia into democracy. He sees it as the only chance for Russians to become free, like Germans and Japanese became free and democratic after WW2. In “Karamozov Brothers” there’s one hideous character Smerdiakov who has exactly the same idea, “What’s wrong about it, sir? A smart nation conquers a stupid nation, sir”.

The article is actually about “The Other Russia” forum that Kasparov held a week or so ago. Western media pictured it as a “democratic” challenge to Putin. Few mentioned the fact that at this forum Kasparov gathered almost all extremists both left and right. Like, Limonov’s National Bolsheviks (their flag is an exact copy of Hitler’s banner only swastika in the center is replaced by black hammer and sickle) and Anpilov’s Working Russia – an ultra Stalinist organization that promises to hang millions of “democrats” on every tree in Russia if only it gets to power. Even Miss Novodvorskaya – mentally challenged “freedom” bigot – refused to join Kasparov. On the other hand the British Ambassador and two guys for the US State Department saw nothing wrong to sit at one table with Nazis and Stalinists. If one follows the perverse logic of Western mainstream media Putin had to support this forum. Isn’t he the one who loves Stalin and encourages racist attacks?

Another funny passage from Kasparov’s article:
Just days ago, dozens of activists en route to Moscow to attend the conference were arrested, some beaten.

The above mentioned activists (not dozens – there were twenty of them) are members of AKM – Avant-garde of Communist Youth. They were beaten by the train passengers who got sick and tired of their shouting for hours, “Stalin is our hero. Putin is haemorrhoids”. (Сталин наш герой, Путин геморрой). Police actually had to defend the drunk teens.