and turns Ukraine players into non-rated ones.
en.chessbase.com/post/fide-suspe … an-ratings
I suspect that by effectively punishing chess players by possibly denying them the right to earn a living, FIDE is violating human rights laws of the European Union and engaging in tortious and actionable interference with the economic and emotional well-being of these chess players. FIDE has also left itself open to claims before CAS. We all know how that went for FIDE When Susan Polgar took FIDE to arbitration.
These FIDE autocrats are truly bozos at the back of the bus.