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I pray for a speedy recovery for the champion, regardless of how he got the injuries.

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Falling out of windows is an occupational hazard in present day Russia. I hope Karpov has kept out of trouble and wish him a speedy recovery.

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Where do you get this? Btw, Karpov has not been a guy to rock the political boat, unlike Kasparov, so unless something has changed he's an unlikely candidate for a political hit-job.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11376515/Russian-lawmaker-called-end-Ukraine-war-coma-falling.html - ok so the Daily Mail is hardly an oracle but the conflicting versions leading to his being hospitalised is telling in itself.

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