Former world chess champion turned human rights activist Garry Kasparov has been granted Croatian citizenship after finding it increasingly difficult to live in Russia as a pro-democracy campaigner.
Kasparov, 50, has spent many summer holidays at a house he owns in the southern Croatian town of Makarska and he speaks the language. He is also a member of the chess club in the eastern town of Vukovar, which he has played for in the past.
A Croatian chess player close to Kasparov has revealed he applied for Croatian citizenship earlier in February
"because of problems he experiences in Russia due to opposing the policy of Vladimir Putin".
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