FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is suddenly ended up on the U.S. sanctions blacklist. “Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was designated today for materially assisting and acting for or on behalf of the government of Syria, Central Bank of Syria, Adib Mayaleh and Batoul Rida”, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said in a press release on Wednesday. Curiously enough, Mr. Ilyumzhinov was planning to visit United States in the next few days, in order to formalize to hold the next World Chess Championship in New York City in November next year.
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