Only a decade ago Kasparov was atop the world chess stage, as a champion smashing his rivals, including winning a one sided title challenge from UK one-time prodigy Nigel Short. Following defeats by computer chess opponents Garry has turned his attention in recent years to politics.
Yesterday Kasparov was elected as candidate for the opposition in [...]
Nuclear proponents beware, the cost of cleaning up reactors at the end of their lifetime can be more expensive than the entire running costs when in service. The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is finally to be totally encased in steel to prevent further radioactive pollution seeping from the current concrete tomb. French firm Novarka has been [...]
After a 12 hour gun battle in a Dagestan village, Pravda reports that Rappani Khalilov, claimed to be behind the Kaspiisk bomb attack (killing 42 at a military parade), was among those killed when terrorists were tracked down to a farmhouse in the southern republic. Khalilov was also implicated in attempts to set up an Islamic [...]
Do you harbor ambitions to occupy high office in Russia? Get a career in the intelligence services first. Putin, himself a former KGB officer, has nominated Viktor Zubkov, intelligence chief in charge of financial investigations as Prime Minister candidate. The State Duma is to convene a meeting shortly to discuss Putin’s decision.
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