{"id":874906,"date":"2026-04-06T02:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/874906\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:29:15","slug":"ukraine-beats-russia-at-worlds-top-sports-court-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/874906\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine beats Russia at world\u2019s top sports court \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nielsen stressed both the symbolic and practical importance of the verdict. \u201cThis ruling demonstrates that no matter how the Kremlin may view these regions, they will not be considered part of Russia for everyday life, including sports, culture, or chess,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important to establish that Russia organizing chess in occupied territories was not \u2018humanitarian,\u2019 as FIDE President [Arkady] Dvorkovich once described it. Russia organizes chess systematically in occupied territory and uses it for propaganda,\u201d Nielsen added.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi pointed out<\/a> that the ruling reinforces Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity in the sporting sphere and lays the groundwork for additional lawsuits against Russian sports federations operating in occupied territories.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi is pictured during a press conference in Milan in February 2026. | Vitalii Kliuiev\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Russian side has signaled<\/a> its intent to ignore the ruling. \u201cWe live according to the laws of the Russian Federation. We have complied with them, we are complying with them, and we will continue to comply with them,\u201d Alexander Tkachev, executive director of the RCF, said<\/a>, noting that the CAS ruling \u201ccontradicts Russian law.\u201d<\/p>\n

CAS stipulated in its judgment that non-compliance by the Russian Federation should result in the immediate suspension of its FIDE membership for three years. The decision forces Moscow to choose between halting its activities in occupied regions to regain some international sporting legitimacy \u2014 or continuing to use sports as a political tool and facing the consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does FIDE do then?\u201d Nielsen wondered, about a scenario in which the Russian side does comply with the decision. \u201cBy CAS decision, they should immediately suspend the Russian Federation\u2019s membership. However, the more likely scenario is that the Russian-led federation will try to avoid that. I, honestly, do not know what happens next then.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement provided to POLITICO, FIDE said it \u201chas taken note of the recent decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As previously communicated in our official statement, FIDE respects the authority of CAS and will act in accordance with its rulings and the applicable FIDE regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCompliance with the decision will be handled through FIDE\u2019s established regulatory and governance processes. Any other matters related to the question would be addressed within this framework,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nielsen stressed both the symbolic and practical importance of the verdict. \u201cThis ruling demonstrates that no matter how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[1779,30,2000,299,332,9322,93,657,19655,335],"class_list":["post-874906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-court-decisions","tag-courts","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-russia","tag-russian-politics","tag-sport","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian-politics","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116355410674275744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}