MOSCOW, April 17 Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin responded to criticism Director General of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Emil Sutovsky.
Earlier, the functionary called Karjakin «a patriot who knows neither Russian history, nor culture, nor literature», and also stated that most Russian chess players stopped communicating with him.
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"I already brought Mr. Sutovsky to clean water last year, when the pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a rather detailed video with him, where he proudly told that he was the initiator of the exclusion of the Russian national teams from participation in the Chess Olympiad and the suspension me personally,” Karyakin told Sport-Express.
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“I have been in the Donbass for the past few days, and I did not have time to answer him. Sutovsky's political orientation is understandable, he is an absolute Russophobe and has never hidden it,» added Karyakin.