Overview
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ordered Russia's chess federation to stop running events and asserting control in occupied Ukrainian regions and to confirm compliance within 90 days.
- Failure to comply will trigger automatic suspension from FIDE for up to three years under the decision.
- The ruling specifies Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as territories where activities must cease.
- The decision replaces an earlier €45,000 fine imposed by FIDE and substantially toughens the sanction.
- FIDE said it will consult Swiss legal counsel and its Constitutional Commission on implementation, and CAS dismissed broader claims against FIDE and its president Arkady Dvorkovich.