Garry Kasparov found not guilty of unlawful protest

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has been found not guilty
of "unlawful protest" in a court appearance on 24th August just a week
after his arrest whilst being interviewed outside the Pussy Riot trial
on Friday 17th August, Ilya Mouzykantskii
@ilyamuz
Summer Contributing Reporter with @nytimes in Moscow was in court
tweeting during the verdict. He initially reported a guilty verdict as
the judge was hard to hear but then it became clear that the judge was
highly critical of the prosecution case. In particular the police
testimony on the timeline was directly contradicted by video evidence.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] was also
tweeting and was obviously pleased however he said that the "Bigger
issue is whether or not prosecutors will go forward with absurd 'biting'
case against Kasparov, which is a serious criminal charge."
Kasparov will comment shortly on his [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].






"Kasparov tells NYT that this is a
historical judgement for Russia. Kasparov tells NYT he's going to press
charges against police for illegal arrest, false testimony, slander.
Case today help him" Photo © Ilya Mouzykantskii. | [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Video of Kasparov commenting in Russian after the verdict.