Kasparov accuses French judges of 'moral corruption' Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov, an opponent of Russia's Vladimir Putin, accuses French judges of 'moral corruption' in an article in Liberation newspaper after they refuse to hear his testiomony in extradition proceedings against former Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov. A court in Lyon, France, has approved Ablyazov's extradition to Russia, but France's highest appeals court is scheduled to rule on the decision on Wednesday. File images.