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👀 Attempted raider takeover of the CFU: The Chess Federation of Ukraine reported illegal actions by Podolyak and Turlov
The Chess Federation of Ukraine (CFU) issued a statement regarding the possible appointment of former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak as FIDE vice president if candidate Timur Turlov wins the election 😱
The Ukrainian federation does not support Turlov’s candidacy, who has been under Ukrainian sanctions since October 2022, and it also did not authorize Podolyak to represent the Ukrainian federation 😮
"The Chess Federation of Ukraine states that:
1. It does not support the candidacy of Timur Turlov for FIDE president, who since October 2022 has been under sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and enacted by the Decree of the President of Ukraine.
2. It did not receive an offer from Timur Turlov to delegate a representative of Ukraine to his team.
3. It did not authorize Mykhailo Podolyak to represent the Chess Federation of Ukraine on Timur Turlov’s team.
4. Mykhailo Podolyak has no connection to the Chess Federation of Ukraine or to Ukraine’s chess life, has never in any way assisted or supported the CFU, and also had no connection to FIDE.
5. To include a country’s representative in FIDE leadership, according to the FIDE statutes, a nomination from the national chess federation of the country they represent is required. Therefore the actions of Timur Turlov and Mykhailo Podolyak are merely correspondence between two private individuals on social networks, and these actions are illegal and an attempted raider takeover of the CFU," the statement reads.
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