Garry Kasparov has just been detained for hours at an airport on his way to a demonstration. Why? The chess master has started a second life, in politics. Foreign photographers repeatedly portray him in a chess pose, head in hands, staring at a fictitious chessboard. But the game is unfair, because now his opponent is Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin systematically sabotages the activities of Kasparov and his party, The Other Russia. They are kept from the big TV stations. Peaceful demonstrations are broken up by police. Kasparov is put behind bars and is not allowed to talk to his lawyer. The film is a must-see for anyone who wants to know what Russia looks like today. Kasparov claims the influence of the KGB is immense since former KGB agent Putin became president in 2000, and the chess virtuoso thinks the country is still anything but a real democracy.

Filmmaker Masha Novikova in person