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The incredible case of Russian chess player Khismatullin, who is ‘forgiven’ by FIDE for supporting the invasion of Ukraine
Unlike Sergey Karjakin, the world runner-up who was sanctioned for taking military equipment to the front, the grandmaster has not been punished by the International Chess Federation for his pro-war stance