Russia bans world’s largest chess website over support for Ukraine

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Russia has banned one of the world’s largest chess websites over its support for Ukraine.

Chess.com announced on Sunday it was banned by Roskomnadzor, a Russian technology regulation agency known for regulating and banning several other websites, over the website’s decision to post content critical of the invasion of Ukraine on its website.

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