{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_yg4fs3helfskpe7ks5oq","title":"Ukrainian Chess Federation blasts presidential aide after accepting FIDE position alongside a Russian, urges SBU probe","title_en":"Ukrainian Chess Federation criticizes presidential aide after accepting FIDE position alongside a Russian, urges SBU investigation","outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/ukrainian-chess-federation-criticizes-presidential-aide-after-accepting-yg4fs3helf","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_yg4fs3helfskpe7ks5oq","seq":491302,"kind":"article","title":"Ukrainian Chess Federation blasts presidential aide after accepting FIDE position alongside a Russian, urges SBU probe","title_en":"Ukrainian Chess Federation criticizes presidential aide after accepting FIDE position alongside a Russian, urges SBU investigation","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-chess-federation-blasts-presidential-aide-over-accepting-fide-position-alongside-a-russian-urges-sbu-probe","summary":"The Ukrainian Chess Federation (UCF) issued a protest on Sept. 28 after Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the Presidential Office, accepted the title of vice president at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) alongside a former Russian minister.","published":"2026-09-28T16:52:58Z","seen":"2026-09-28T17:56:37Z","lang":"uk","country":"UA","source":{"id":"kite-kyivindependent-com-11137c","name":"kyivindependent.com","domain":"kyivindependent.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q111028947","name":"The Kyiv Independent","type":"newspaper","country":"UA","designations":["independent media","online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-kyivindependent-com-11137c","topics":["culture","ukraine","chess","sbu","sports","russia"],"authors":["Yevgeniya Doluda"],"entities":[{"id":"Q969850","name":"Stony Brook University","type":"org"}],"image":"https://assets.kyivindependent.com/content/images/2026/09/GettyImages-1717694600_20260928-164549.jpg","story":"st_yg4fs3helfskpe7ks5oq","category":"politics","category_p":0.75,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6800000071525574,"political":0.9700000286102295}]}