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Arkady Dvorkovich Suspends Role Amid EU Sanctions
The sanctions package targets 170 entities and 48 individuals, and FIDE says Viswanathan Anand will serve as interim president.
- On Friday, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich suspended his duties after the European Union placed him on its latest sanctions list, denouncing the move as "unlawful and unfair."
- The European Union's 21st sanctions package targets 170 entities and 48 individuals, with Brussels citing Dvorkovich's public support for Russia's annexation of Crimea and referring to occupied Ukrainian cities as "new territories."
- FIDE's council confirmed that Deputy President Viswanathan Anand, an Indian world chess champion, will serve as interim president while the sanctions remain in effect.
- Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev was also sanctioned in the package, while FIDE's suspension of the Chess Federation of Russia on June 11 remains in place following disputes over occupied Ukrainian territories.
- Despite the sanctions, Dvorkovich intends to pursue re-election at the General Assembly during September's Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, as previously announced.
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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has taken over the interim presidency of the international chess federation (FIDE) after its incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich stepped aside.
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Arkady Dvorkovich has suspended his powers at the chess body, pledging to challenge his “unlawful and unfair” blacklisting Arkady Dvorkovich, the Russian president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has announced that he is suspending his powers as head of the organization after being placed on the EU’s latest sanctions list. The sanctions package –...
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