Russian dissident Garry Kasparov said FBI warned his life was in danger, tell me about this news today

Former world chess champion and prominent Russian dissident Garry Kasparov confirmed that security services in the United States and Lithuania officially alerted him that his life was in imminent danger, following the uncovering of alleged Kremlin-backed assassination plots against Russian opposition figures abroad.

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The warnings are linked to an indictment unsealed by the U.S. Department of Justice charging five alleged operatives tied to Russian intelligence (including Russia’s FSB) with conspiring to carry out transnational assassinations and violent attacks. Court filings detail an operation targeting a prominent exiled Russian dissident living in the United Statesreferred to in official documents as “Victim-1″for a murder contract offering approximately $40,000.

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Kasparov stated that while security officials did not formally declare whether he was the specific target codenamed in the court filings, U.S. and Lithuanian authorities directly advised him and his long-time political associate Ivan Tyutrin (co-founder of the Free Russia Forum) to take immediate, heightened security precautions. Tyutrin, who is based in Vilnius, reported being warned to urgently leave his residence and change vehicles.

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Reacting publicly to the intelligence warnings, Kasparov described the existence of the kill list as shocking though not surprising, emphasizing that while he is following all recommended safety protocols, he refuses into hiding and will continue his political opposition against Vladimir Putin’s regime.