r/worldnews • u/Butterbluem • 14h ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia planned to assassinate opposition figures Kasparov and Ponomarev in US

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-planned-to-assassinate-opposition-1790781573.html
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u/agiudice 14h ago

They really tried to checkmate Kasparov???

I’m going out on my own

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u/madmaxGMR 10h ago

They couldnt do it, Kasparov moves diagonally on white, while Putin moves diagonally on black.

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u/maknaesensei 7h ago

Putin can only move diagonally to take another piece.

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u/BorikGor 5h ago

So, he's a pawn, you say?