Garry Kasparov, 60, fled Russia in 2014 fearing persecution.
London:
Russia’s financial regulator Rosfinmonitoring has added prominent Kremlin critic and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov to its list of “terrorists and extremists”, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.
The list imposes restrictions on individuals’ banking transactions and forces them to seek approval every time they want to use their accounts.
Kasparov, 60, fled Russia in 2014 fearing persecution. His media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Russia’s Justice Ministry added Kasparov and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to a list of “foreign agents” in 2022, subjecting them to cumbersome bureaucratic procedures including financial reporting. constraint.
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