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The handover of power to [Dmitry] Medvedev was rather painless, everybody thought that the waves would calm automatically. By now, it's quite clear that [Vladimir] Putin doesn't want to relinquish the levers of power.
Garry Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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City of Winds
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