The International Association of Mind Games, registered in Liechtenstein, supports “foreign agents” and disseminates “discrediting Russian authorities” information, said the so-called Prosecutor General’s Office of the so-called Russian Federation.
Therefore, this department declared the International Association of Intellectual Games of Liechtenstein an “undesirable organization”.
IAIS “distributes information online aimed at discrediting the leadership of Osiya,” the prosecutor’s office said on November 5 in Telegram.
In addition, the department claims that the International Association of Mind Games “actively supports” people recognized in Russia as “foreign agents.”
Putin’s security officials also stated that the organization, which unites more than 200 participants in sports versions of the most popular intellectual games “What? Where? When?, “Brain Ring” and “Own Game” in Europe, Asia and North America are involved in foreign anti-Russian campaigns, allegedly “aimed at promoting protest and destructive ideas in Russia.”
In addition, the statement recognizing the IAIS as an “undesirable organization” indicates a ban on teams from Russia and Belarus competing under the flags of their countries in international tournaments.
The International Association of Intellectual Games was founded in 2021 by participants in the television quiz show “What? Where? When?”, dissatisfied with the policies of the leadership of the Russian International Association of Clubs “What? Where? When? led by Andrey Kozlov.
Among other things, players criticized the “What? Where? When? with propagandists of the First Channel of Russian TV.
Source: Racurs
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