Several past US Chess presidents and the current US Chess president are are participating in various levels of FIDE management in the new presidential administration of Arkady Dvorkovitch. This past week, Dvorkavitch was mentioned in the press in relation to the ongoing investigation of the Special Prosecutor, Robert Mueller III. Specifically, there was allegedly a private conversation between Dvorkovitch and Carter Page in Moscow in early July, 2016. It is alleged that Dvorkovitch, a close Putin ally, expressed strong support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. In view of this and the revelations this week of dealings during the Trump primary campaign with Russian to build at Moscow Trump tower (Cohen plea allocution) and yesterday's WSJ report that the gift of a $50m penthouse apartment to Putin in that tower was considered by the Trump Organization, the status of Mr. Dvorkovitch as a potential target of Mueller's conspiracy investigation should be considered as a possibility, IMO, bordering on a probability. As such Mr. Dvorkovitch may be indicted or subject to Dept. of the Treasury sanctions. While Kirsan's sanctioning was an embarrassment, it wasn't related to potential conspiracy to affect a US presidential election.
See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... 1gXtXtDtyE
While participation in a FIDE administration such as those of Max Euwe or Folk Rogard would not be problematic in the sense that Dvorkovitch's is, that was then and this is now.
Questions:
1. What concerns, if any, do the ED and members of the EB have for a scandal developing around Mr. Dvokovitch?
2. Should Mr. Dvorkovitch be indicted or sanctioned, have the ED and/or members of the EB considered developing an appropriate public response to distance our federation from Dvorkovitch despite having participated in his administration?
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