# Russian prosecutors withdraw asset-seizure lawsuit against new FIDE president Timur Turlov

https://mins.news/en/item/101764

- Meduza, 2026-10-15 16:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/15/russian-prosecutors-withdraw-asset-seizure-lawsuit-against-timur-turlov-the-new-president-of-the-international-chess-federation

> Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has withdrawn its lawsuit seeking to transfer FIDE President Timur Turlov’s assets to the state. Deputy Prosecutor General Igor Tkachev filed the motion with a Moscow court. Sources cited by Kommersant linked the case to Turlov’s donations to humanitarian projects in Ukraine.