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 – the bloc’s 21st since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, and one Brussels struggled for weeks to finalize amid internal divisions over its potential fallout – was published on Thursday.
It targets Russia’s energy, financial, crypto, trade, fisheries, and LNG transport sectors…
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