
Just yesterday we
reported on Garry Kasparov's political activities in the Russian provinces.
His travels took him to city of Beslan, where on September 3rd last year a
horrific massacre of school children by Chechen separatists took place.

344 civilians were killed in this hostage taking, at least 172 of them children.
Kasparov, who is the head of Committee-2008 and the recently formed United
Civil Front, was there for a meeting with Beslan residents.
According to MoscowNews,
which quotes the Echo Moskvy radio station as its source, "eggs covered
in ketchup were thrown at chess legend". This was not done by local residents
who were gathered to speak with the champion. Kasparov reports that he had
been followed by two FSB (Federal Security Service) cars all the time. "Even
when I went to look at the dreadful scene of the destroyed school with the
Mothers of Beslan Committee," said Kasparov, "I was followed by two
FSB men carrying cameras so they would be ready to record any action that the
authorities might interpret as suspicious.”
At the square housing the cultural centre people started to gather. "It
was clear that instructions were being given by a man in camouflage gear, wearing
colonel’s stripes," said Kasparov, "and by a man who was by
all appearances a local bandit leader. He arrived in a jeep with no number
plates. It was very revealing that the police, who were already there, acted
as though everything was as it should be.”
Kasparov is sure that an act of provocation had been prepared. “Two
men started to hassle me, demanding I go away without causing any trouble.
But they were sent away by the Mothers of Beslan. After this, an impromptu
meeting took place, which was interrupted when these people, who had taken
up positions that made it easier to aim at us, started throwing eggs and ketchup.”
Kasparov’s supporters are blaming the incident on pro-Kremlin youths
from the Nashi (Ours) movement.
Full
report in MoscowNews