According to channel sources, 71-year-old Karpov was diagnosed with cerebral edema, fractures of the right parietal and temporal bones, multiple head hematomas and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. It was also reported that the famous Soviet chess player has a closed craniocerebral injury and a closed fracture of the neck of his left femur. He is connected to a fan.
“The condition of the deputy of the State Duma is complicated by chronic diseases,” the report said.
It is assumed that about 2.76 ppm of alcohol was found in Karpov’s blood during hospitalization (at 2.5 ppm and above, a person’s condition is classified as “high intoxication”. – “GORDON”).
On October 31 it became known Karpov’s hospitalization in the intensive care unit of one of the Moscow hospitals after the deputy was found unconscious in an alley not far from the building of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in central Moscow. Russian media wrote that Karpov was attacked, but people in his entourage denied it.
Karpov – former three-time world chess champion, three-time FIDE world champion, six-time winner of the chess Olympics as part of the USSR national team. He has stood as a candidate several times and was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. After the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Karpov supported the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
April 13, 2022 Chess Federation of Ukraine reportedthat a criminal case has been opened against Karpov on the facts diffusion calls for war and invasions of the country’s territorial integrity.
