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On Friday, FIDE announced that the organization's ethics commission had suspended Ilyumzhinov, who is under US Treasury sanctions, for 18 months, of which 12 were suspended with a probationary period two years. Ilyumzhinov, who has been in charge of FIDE since 1995, said he considered the decision as political and that FIDE Vice President Georgian George Georgi Makropulos, FIDE presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, sold this decision to the Commission. on ethics and therefore eliminates competitors.
"This is not a political decision.The FIDE Ethics Commission is an independent body elected by the General Assembly," said Reporters Without Borders, quoted by the International Federation of Journalists. Reuters Agency of FIDE, [1965-19002]. Subsequently, a list of presidential candidates was published on the FIDE website, including Ilyumzhinov. On Friday, Ilyumzhinov said that he would ask the International Court of Human Rights because his right to be elected to the organization was violated.
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