Proponent of the war in Ukraine: the Polish chess player did not shake the Grandmaster's hand from the Russian Federation (video)

Russian Denis Hysmatullin is known for the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has repeatedly visited the location of the Russian military and helped them. In the Uzbek Samarkand, where the World Chess Championship is held, at the group stage before one of the parties, the Polish chess player Jan-Cyshistof Duda refused to shake his hand to representative of the Russian Federation Denis Hysmatulin. This was reported on the social network X. čt24 Andreas Papadopoulos.

At the same time, Hysmatullin could inform the judges of violation of the Regulation, but did not. The party eventually ended. Russian Denis Hysmatullin is known for supporting the war in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The chess player has repeatedly visited the location of the Russian military and helped them. Hysmatullin has been an international grandmaster since 2004 and Russia's Grandmaster since February 24, 2011.

He also trains the winner of the World Cup and the 2016 World Vicechiopion Sergei Karyakin. Recall that the International Olympic Committee explained the admission of Russians to the 2024 Olympics by the fact that "athletes are peacefully competing". MOC President Thomas Bach spoke about the reasons explaining the Committee's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympics in Paris as neutral.