Anniken Vestby, President of the Norwegian Chess Association, said the organization is ready to accept applications from Russian athletes to change sports citizenship.
The official said that the main criterion for issuing a Norwegian passport would be non-support for hostilities.
“With regard to the Norwegian Association, our position remains the same regarding participation in tournaments and applications for sports citizenship.
If the player supports Putin and is therefore fighting, such applications will be rejected. All other submissions will be carefully considered by us,” Westby quotes NRK
Recall that since March 3, the 12th world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has been playing for the Swiss national team. The athlete received the title of world champion under the Russian flag.
It was previously reported that Denmark refused From holding fencing tournaments due to the return of Russian athletes.