Russian world chess champion: in the Crimean question, I am completely on the side of Ukraine

Daniel Dubov / ruchess.ru

The great Russian master Daniel Dubov, who became the world champion of the fast chess, called the Ukrainian Crimea and declared to be ashamed of the politics of his country concerning the peninsula. [19659008] The player described in an interview with Chess News.

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"On the issue of Crimea I these com on the side of Ukraine. There are no contradictions, because for me failures are more important than politics.You understand, you can talk about military aggression, etc., but no matter how difficult, Russia is a country that has enormous traditions in chess, they have been and will be … You can treat Russia differently, that is, I love my country, but of course we have

However, it seems to me subjectively that the image of chess does not detract from the organization of the tournament in Russia. Most of the world chess champions came from Russia.Lots of tournaments in Russia, a lot of good Russian chess players … and the lh "It's going to be two hundred years, well, there will be an episode with the Crimea, yes, it's shameful, yes," Dubov said.

As reported by UNIAN, the FSB reported the construction of a 60 km fence in Crimea at the administrative border with Ukraine