What do you think about the 12th world chess champions comments on the decision of Switzerland to refuse him an entry visa?
This is what he said:
“If a Russian has a French visa, he must go to France. Who has German - to Germany. I have a multiple-entry Schengen visa for five years, issued last year by the German authorities. We knew about it, so we wrote a letter to the Swiss embassy in Moscow.
We received a verbal answer that they see no obstacles and with a German visa I can enter Switzerland. Just in case, our embassy in Geneva issued a note and sent it to the Swiss government. The issue was resolved at the highest level. And everything worked out. At least there was such information.
Then the process went on, I had to move in, but the position of the Swiss changed. Apparently, they appreciated the international situation.
The film was screened on September 27, at the same time the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were ending. They connected one with the other and realized that for them the screening of the film is not a politically necessary event,” said Karpov.
“This is not a simple bureaucracy. This is an attitude towards Russia and its citizens. We must take into account that now Russophobia has reached its highest limit. In Europe and America, it is already at the level of the genocide of the Russian people.
During the trip, I managed to make a video message to the audience. I wrote it down and handed it over, participated. Although, of course, personal presence is a completely different matter. The Swiss Federation wanted to show the film. But the visa story has nothing to do with sports or chess,” added the twelfth world champion.
This is what he said:
“If a Russian has a French visa, he must go to France. Who has German - to Germany. I have a multiple-entry Schengen visa for five years, issued last year by the German authorities. We knew about it, so we wrote a letter to the Swiss embassy in Moscow.
We received a verbal answer that they see no obstacles and with a German visa I can enter Switzerland. Just in case, our embassy in Geneva issued a note and sent it to the Swiss government. The issue was resolved at the highest level. And everything worked out. At least there was such information.
Then the process went on, I had to move in, but the position of the Swiss changed. Apparently, they appreciated the international situation.
The film was screened on September 27, at the same time the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were ending. They connected one with the other and realized that for them the screening of the film is not a politically necessary event,” said Karpov.
“This is not a simple bureaucracy. This is an attitude towards Russia and its citizens. We must take into account that now Russophobia has reached its highest limit. In Europe and America, it is already at the level of the genocide of the Russian people.
During the trip, I managed to make a video message to the audience. I wrote it down and handed it over, participated. Although, of course, personal presence is a completely different matter. The Swiss Federation wanted to show the film. But the visa story has nothing to do with sports or chess,” added the twelfth world champion.
