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Scott Rose
@rprose
In transit after 15 years in Moscow. Editor for @business. News on Russia, Ukraine and the region. Also some chess. Views are mine
Apr 23, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Somehow this escaped my attention. A month ago French grandmaster Joel Lautier was sanctioned by the U.S. for his work on Sovcombank's board. (home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/…)

Spotted by @Chess__News Lautier was a former prodigy, a top player in the 1990s who had a plus score against Kasparov. He retired from chess and worked in business in Moscow for years. He was named to the board of Sovcombank in 2020 along with a former Axel Springer spring exec

privatebankerinternational.com/news/sovcomban…
Sep 2, 2018 • 79 tweets • 38 min read
1 like = 1 Putin confession via TASS Oct. 17, 2011: Putin confesses that he never aspired to become president
tass.ru/glavnie-novost…
May 26, 2018 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
Last night, a vandal at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery used a metal pole to smash through the glass and damage Ilya Repin's famous painting of Ivan the Terrible killing his son in a fit of rage

tass.ru/proisshestviya… The painting's history is incredible. Alexander III banned public displays for several months when it was first unveiled. It was also damaged in a knife attack in 1913. The gallery's keeper, Georgy Khruslov, threw himself under a train when he found out

ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0…