FMJD and the war in Ukraine

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FMJD Executive Council Statement
The history of the World, the history of Europe is extremely complicated. Each country has a different view of it and often the same piece of land is considered by many to be historically theirs.
Borders should be opened, nations should naturally be brought closer to each other, but they should respect each other's history. Borders must be honored, lest we descend into dictatorial lawlessness. The invasion of the independent Ukraine has been underway since early morning today. People are dying.
We are united in sorrow with our draughts friends from Ukraine. Your lives, the lives of your families are in danger. Each attacked town immediately reminds us of a specific person. Our hearts are breaking.
Sport is a field that unites. We do not want to make decisions that will impact individual sportsmen. However, we cannot remain passive.
Next week will be organised a special Council meeting with all Confederations. We do believe that during this meeting we find the best way to show how much we are with Ukraine people in this sad time.
Jacek Pawlicki
FMJD President
P.S.. We would also like to inform you that at the beginning of March an online tournament will be organized with an entry fee, which will be entirely donated to the fund for victims of the invasion in Ukraine.
Signed by / Podpisano
przez:
Jacek Mieczysław
Pawlicki
Date / Data: 2022-02-
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February 27th 2022
To: every FMJD member
Subject: Suspension of The draughts federation of Russia and Belarusian draughts federation Taking into account the ongoing war in Ukraine, the executive councils of the World Draughts Federation (FMJD) and European Draughts Confederation (EDC) has adopted the following decision: i. According to Chapter 13 of the Statutes, the executive council suspends The Draughts Federation of Russia, further - DFR, and the Belarusian Draughts Federation, further - BDF, from membership in the FMJD; ii. This decision also includes: − prohibition for DFR and BDF to use any member rights deriving from the Statutes and other FMJD documents; − prohibition to organize any FMJD draughts tournaments in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus. All planned tournaments have to be cancelled or re-located; − prohibition for Russian and Belarussian athletes to take part in FMJD tournaments under the flags of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus; − prohibition to use any national symbols of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus (flags, anthems, scutcheons, etc.) in any FMJD tournaments; − prohibition for Russian federation and Belarus national teams participate in FMJD team tournaments (with or without national flags); iii. This decision comes into force with immediate effect. According to Chapter 14 of the Statutes, the executive council is working on subsequent steps to draft further decision projects for which members of the FMJD will vote.
Jacek Pawlicki Carlo A. Bordini
FMJD President EDC President

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FMJD support for Ukraine

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