L’appello giunge mentre la FIDE ha in programma di discutere l’eventuale ripristino di queste federazioni durante la sua Assemblea generale a Budapest.
Ukraine urges World Chess Federation to maintain ban on Russian and Belarusian players
di JesusMcTurnip
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Checkmate.
The invaders are cheaters anyway.
Why the f…can’t the NHL do the same. Apathy because it’s your team. I say bullshit to that!
World wide sport competitions especially the olympics, are important for dictators for various reasons:
1) It brings legitimacy to their regime/government. If the state is allowed to be represented, it means the state is legitimate along with any other actions (such as SMOs) that they have done.
2) It brings morale to people back in the original country. Think of athletes as the superior form of the average citizen. When they see athletes defeating people from other countries, it boosts morale. So much so that russia state sponsors doping their athletes.
3) National unity
This is more significant for dictatorship countries such as russia as it brings prestige to their country when they’re only known for terrorism and as the global gas station.
Russia also time their invasions if they can, right after olympic competitions for these reasons.
Example of these are:
*Russian invasion of Georgia (August 2008, same with Beijing olympics)
*Russian invasion of Crimea on February 14 (they timed to do the invasion days after the end of 2014 Sochi Olympics. Of course there are other factors but you get the point)
It’s so important to them that they care more about the olympics than not killing civilians of other countries
Tldr: Putler cries on his bed whenever russia doesn’t get to partake in sport competitions. This hurts his ego and his public support more than what people realize. It’s not petty. There’s political implications for it.