Kremlin critic and former chess champion Garry Kasparov has teamed up with like-minded politicians to begin a new Russian opposition movement called Solidarity.
The organization is named in honor of the Polish anti-communist movement.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov is among the founders of the new movement.
He and Kasparov have been criticizing Kremlin policy for years under the auspices of various opposition groups.Russia's liberal opposition has traditionally been criticized for lacking a positive program, something Solidarity aims to change.
Over 150 delegates attended Saturday's founding congress at a hotel near Moscow.
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