Архив - September, 2007
Kasparov has been a driving force behind the coalition, which has united liberals, leftists and nationalists in opposition to President Vladimir Putin. He received 379 of 498 votes at a national congress held in Moscow by the Other Russia coalition, coalition spokeswoman Lyudmila Mamina told The Associated Press.
Kasparov’s place on the March ballot was not assured. His candidacy still needs to be registered and is likely to be blocked.
Even if he were allowed to run, Kasparov would not be expected to pose a major challenge to whichever candidate wins Putin’s backing.
Kasparov was followed in Sunday’s voting by Sergei Gulyayev, a former member of St.
Kasparov overwhelmingly won a party congress vote against five other contenders to run in the March 2, 2008, election to replace President Vladimir Putin.
He won 379 of 494 votes cast at the meeting, out-polling other nominees including former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov and former Central Bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko.
"I will do everything possible for the ideas of Other Russia to win.
Founded in 1964, Moscow's Taganka Theatre was a venue for relative dissent in the Soviet Union, staging banned plays which lead author and Taganka's founder Yuri Lyubimov to exile and temporary loss of his Soviet citizenship.
"The word Taganka is like a drop of fresh air…