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Russian chess player Sergey Karjakin banned from competing for six month for publicly supporting invasion of Ukraine
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A Russian chess player has been banned from competing for making public statements supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war on Ukraine. The International Chess Federation Ethics and Disciplinary Commission unanimously decided to issue Sergey Karjakin a six-month worldwide ban from participating as a player in federation chess competitions.
Karjakin was found to have breached the federation's code of ethics because his statements about the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine "led to a considerable number of reactions on social media and elsewhere," a large extent of which are negative.
The 32-year-old chess grandmaster – the highest level a chess player can attain – tweeted his support for Russia during its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, writing, in part: "How lucky I am to live in Russia!"
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