Russia and Belarus banned from holding world chess events

Re:Russia and Belarus banned from holding world chess events by emteycz on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:42AM (#30499696)

That's within Ukraine itself and I think the issue here is that Ukrainians are afraid there won't be enough space for their own people. Usually in these situations, foreign nationals are assisted in getting home by their own governments - but nobody might be going to help evacuate Ukrainians.

During COVID lockdowns, I was also denied entry onto a evacuation bus based on my nationality - and I'm as white as you can be. This is nothing unusual - and it's not racist, only nationalist/statist.

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Re:Russia and Belarus banned from holding world chess events by gostsamo on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:47AM (#30499731)

I thought so initially as well, but it is mentioned that the polls are also not so welcoming. Check the stories about other nationalities and the behavior of the board guards as well.

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Re:Russia and Belarus banned from holding world chess events by emteycz on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:48AM (#30499741)

Well I can't deny there are some issues. But I really wouldn't call it generally racist. It's individual excesses - very wrong and must be stopped, but it's not as widespread/as racist as these articles might suggest.

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Re:Russia and Belarus banned from holding world chess events by gostsamo on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:03AM (#30499874)

I'm not trying to give it labels, just to share the stories of those people because they are part of it as well.

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