Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov will not run for the Russian presidency because his supporters have been unable to rent a hall for a nomination gathering, his spokeswoman said today.

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s party was on course for a landslide victory tonight as early results showed they had clinched more than 60% of the vote.

CAMPAIGNING for Russia’s parliamentary election ended yesterday with President Vladimir Putin’s party on course for a landslide victory and opposition groups voicing fears of widespread ballot-rigging.

Campaigning ended for Russia's parliamentary election today with President Vladimir Putin's party on course for a landslide victory and opposition groups voicing fears of widespread ballot-rigging.

A judge ruled today former world chess champion Garry Kasparov must serve the five-day jail sentence he received after leading a protest against President Vladimir Putin that ended in clashes with police.

A Moscow court sentenced former chess champion Garry Kasparov to five days in jail today for leading an opposition protest.

Riot police broke up an anti-Kremlin rally of several thousand people today, detaining some of the protesters, including former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other opposition leaders.

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov's opposition alliance has been barred from participating in December's parliamentary elections, a spokeswoman for the group said today.

A member of a Russian opposition group led by former chess champion Garry Kasparov has been forcefully put in a psychiatric clinic in what activists said was revenge for critical reporting.

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Two days of talks between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and an EU delegation led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel are unlikely to yield a single agreement.

Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov lambasted Russian authorities today over violent crackdowns at anti-Kremlin demonstrations last weekend, accusing police who beat and detained protesters of “brutality and cruelty”.

Investigators from Russia's security agency today questioned opposition leader Garry Kasparov, days after massive police crackdowns on anti-government protests in Moscow and St Petersburg last weekend.

About 1,000 anti-Kremlin protesters rallied in Russia's second largest city today, a day after a similar demonstration in Moscow brought clashes with police and at least 170 arrests.

Opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been released by a Moscow court after detention in connection with a banned demonstration earlier today.

Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, was detained by police today as supporters of his organisation tried to hold a banned protest march in central Moscow.

GARY KASPAROV, the world’s top-ranked chess player for the past 20 years, has announced his retirement from the professional circuit.

Garry Kasparov, the world’s top-ranked chess player for the past 20 years, has announced his retirement from the professional circuit.