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This guy is ranked the 18th greatest chess player of all time. He’s only 32, meaning he could rank higher. But he’s banned from competing.
And according to the doctrine of permanent borders across the entire world after 1990, he is “a Ukrainian.”
He is literally saying that “his country” – because nations are just borders – is being liberated by alleged “invaders.”
It’s nice to see someone standing with his country and refusing to back down. He would have been sanctioned anyway, as we saw with the Russian pianist who denounced his country and still had all his concerts canceled.
RT:
Russian chess star Sergey Karjakin has reiterated his support for President Vladimir Putin, saying he “could not remain silent” despite being subjected to death threats and potential sanctions from the sports authorities.
Karjakin, who was born in the Crimean city of Simferopol and backed the reintegration of the peninsula into Russia in 2014, penned a public message in support of Putin when the military operation in Donbass and Ukraine got underway last month.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) condemned the message and said its Ethics and Disciplinary Commission would investigate Karjakin and fellow Russian grandmaster Sergey Shipov.
But Karjakin, 32, does not regret the gesture and has doubled down on his backing for the Russian operation in Donbass and its efforts to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” Ukraine.
“In 2014, when I supported the reunification of Crimea, I know for sure that I was not invited to some tournaments in the West because I expressed my position,” Karjakin told Russian TV channel ‘Zvezda’.
“But when the geopolitical situation became more or less normal, they began to invite me again. So I knew what I was getting into here.
“I understand that now this situation is worse, unfortunately, because people are dying. All this is happening. But, again, I couldn’t keep silent. I felt that I should express my position.
“I myself lived in Kramatorsk [in Donetsk] for three years, from the age of nine to 12. I was really worried about all these events in the Donbass and couldn’t remain indifferent.”
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“Because I publicly supported Russia and our president, they’re likely to impose some kind of sanctions against me. How serious they will be, I can’t say yet,” said Karjakin.
“The worst thing they can do is exclude me from the Candidates Tournament, and the Candidates Tournament is the only chance to qualify for the world title match.
“I won’t deny, it’s unpleasant. But, even if I could turn back the clock, would I write words of support again? Of course I would. I repeat, I could not remain indifferent.”
Karjakin accused the West of double standards when it comes to free speech, shutting down any views which conflict with the narrative being pushed.
“In some commercial tournaments in Europe and the USA, the organizers said they wouldn’t invite me,” said Karjakin, who is a former world blitz and rapid chess champion.
“Again, there’s no democracy at all, no opportunity to freely express an opinion in the West… There is simply no such thing in Europe and the United States, all this is a myth about their democracy.”
Yeah, I mean. I guess you have to define “democracy,” which no one is really able to do.
It’s easier I think to say “there is no freedom.”
“Democracy,” as far as we’ve been able to tell, just means “anal sex, mass immigration, and women ruling over you.” In such a definition, America is most definitely a democracy and Russia most definitely is not a democracy.
But I guess people still think that democracy means “the will of the people” or “free representation of all individuals” or some more vague and abstract thing.
