"The 42 names included in the proposed sanctions list also include Arkady Dvorkovich, a former deputy prime minister who is now the head of the International Chess Federation, known as FIDE."
Like in #URSS times, chess serves as vehicle of 🇷🇺 propaganda, and #FIDE agrees...♟️
Jana Zikmundova
The European Union is calling for financial sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian head of the world chess federation, a historian who is a close adviser to President Vladimir Putin, and other top officials.
