12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov has responded to the Swiss Minister of Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Viola Patricia Amherd, who called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expel Russia and Belarus from the list of its members, exhorting her to study the history of her own country. “Just remind this Minister that, if not for Russia, she wouldn’t even be born in Switzerland. Switzerland as a state exists thanks to the intransigency of the Emperor of Russia Alexander I. After the Napoleonic Wars, Switzerland was to be torn apart by all its neighbours. Alexander I was the only one who defended their rights and insisted upon the creation of the state of Switzerland”, Karpov said in a conversation with RBC. “This was in 1814. I understand that the Swiss Minister of Sport does not know world history, but at least she ought to have studied her own country’s history. Then, perhaps, she would have deserved the post of Minister”.
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