Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 27 January: Leader of the Democratic Party of Russia and presidential candidate Andrey Bogdanov is confident that he will attract a large part of Mikhail Kasyanov's supporters.

By Clifford J. Levy and Michael Schwirtz Released from jail after serving a five-day sentence for leading an opposition march, Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion, warned Thursday that Russia was heading toward chaos under President Vladimir Putin.

RIOT police rounded up scores of opposition activists, including leaders of top liberal parties, rallying against President Vladimir Putin's government.

FORMER chess champion Garry Kasparov was arrested by riot police during an anti-Kremlin rally in Moscow yesterday. Police moved in on about 150 protesters after they broke through a cordon and tried to march on the Central Elections Commission.

Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, stopped an unauthorized protest Sunday, detaining dozens of protesters who allegedly clashed with them. The demonstration by about 100 people came one day after police disrupted a similar anti-government protest in Moscow, RIA Novosti reported. St.