Отныне и во веки веков (From Here to Eternity)

• Andrey Fyodorovich Kartashov, Илюмжинов принял окончательное решение переизбираться на пост президента FIDE | Ilyumzhinov made his final decision: he will run again for FIDE President in 2018, TASS, April 19, 2017

MOSCOW, April 19. TASS correspondent: Andrey Fyodorovich Kartashov. Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov made his final decision: he will run again for FIDE President in 2018. “As I told TASS a few days ago, I will run again for FIDE Presidency”, Ilyumzhinov said. “Yesterday I finally made my decision, I’ve got support. U.S. sanctions won’t prevent me from working as President”. Since November 1995, Ilyumzhinov has been President of FIDE, being re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov. Photo: Mikhail Pochuyev/TASS.