{
  "id": 14735328,
  "title": "Russian prosecutors withdraw asset-seizure lawsuit against Timur Turlov, the new president of the International Chess Federation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/russian-prosecutors-withdraw-asset-seizure-lawsuit-against-timur",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:04:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/15/russian-prosecutors-withdraw-asset-seizure-lawsuit-against-timur-turlov-the-new-president-of-the-international-chess-federation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has withdrawn its lawsuit aimed at seizing the assets of International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Timur Turlov, according to Deputy Prosecutor General Igor Tkachev. The lawsuit, filed in early October, targeted Turlov, a Kazakhstani businessman, and his holding company Freedom Finance. The Prosecutor General’s Office claimed the lawsuit was linked to Turlov’s donations to humanitarian projects in Ukraine. The legal action came shortly after Turlov’s election as FIDE president, succeeding former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who had faced EU sanctions.",
  "summary": "Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has dropped its lawsuit seeking to seize the assets of International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Timur Turlov for the Russian state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}