Russian opposition group member forced into psychiatric clinic

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.

Marina Litvinovich, a spokeswoman for Kasparov’s United Civil Front, said that the forced treatment of Larisa Arap was the first such move by authorities against a member of the group, which has angered the Kremlin with street protests.