Honestly every time I see a story about this I am absolutely floored by the absolute stupidity and incompetence reflected in such statements. I simply cannot believe that seemingly intelligent and supposedly capable people think that it is right for INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS to have officially sanctioned authority over what a persons rights may or may not be at any given moment. This is like saying that individual police officers may, at their discretion, decide what the speed limit is. You won't know when its 80 and when it's 60, but by god you can be arrested either way because its up to the cop. Absolutely disgusting. Absolutely stupid.

I've run into him a few times around Montreal and I always tell any friends that are with me that the guy is an internet celebrity. They give me weird looks.

Reminds me of Zdzislaw Beksinski paintings.

Some context: most Russians despise Kasparov - he opposes the political status quo and he's an Armenian Jew. This is not a harmless prank, it's some pro-putin group mocking Kasparov's Russian opposition meeting. He looks worried because he's been physically assaulted before.