“Kremlin-fueled conspiracy theories have taken root in the modern-day Republican Party… That’s why our organization, the Renew Democracy Initiative, brought a delegation of British Conservatives to meet with their Republican counterparts and encourage support for Ukraine.”


Garry Kasparov and Ben Hodges in CNN

Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative;

Board Member, Renew Democracy Initiative

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“Elon Musk, rocket and electric car company chief, sometime Internet troll and more recently Donald Trump’s point man for cutting alleged waste from the federal government, may be on the cusp of becoming something else: the country’s first real oligarch. That’s according to democracy activist and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, chairman of the New York-based Renew Democracy Initiative.”


Jonathan Nicholson

Politics Reporter, HuffPost

“’It would not be legal now in the United States for the government to seize’ Russia’s assets, Janet Yellen, the Treasury secretary, said in May 2022… But those objections are themselves flimsy. A carefully argued and exhaustively researched 184-page report circulated this week among journalists, government officials and NGO leaders by the Renew Democracy Initiative shows why.”


Bret Stephens

Opinion Columnist, The New York Times