Russian Grandmaster Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, who was banned by the International Chess Federation for 6 months because of his pro-Russia stance, announced the filing of a complaint against FIDE Director General Emil Davidovich Sutovsky charging him with abuses of power and of language. The object of the dispute is what Sutovsky said by phone to Russian prankster duo Vladimir Alexandrovich Kuznetsov and Aleksei Vladimirovich Stolyarov, a.k.a. Vovan and Lexus, who then, for Karjakin’s sake, shared footage of them fooling Herr Direktor into thinking he was speaking to the Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadym Markovich Gutzeit. Indeed, in the fictional conversation, Sutovsky said he hoped for a longer ban than six months, and that he is ready to resign his post if Karjakin should win his appeal. On the other hand, instead, it goes without saying that FIDE will dismiss Karjakin’s complaint against Sutovsky because, ethically speaking, it would be too unethical to render admissible as evidence a prank call.
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