Anastasia Sorokina

Anastasia Sorokina (Belarusian: Анастасія Сарокіна; born 26 January 1980 in Minsk, Soviet Union) is an Australian (ex-Belarusian) chess player, arbiter, organiser and official.

In the fall of 2018, Anastasia Sorokina was elected to the post of FIDE Vice President, and Belarus won the right to host the Chess Olympiad in Minsk in 2022.

For both projects, special programs were developed under Sorokina's leadership and she is currently also working in social corporate responsibility field and gender equality.

[6] Following vote-rigging allegations against Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and the ensuing state violence against civilian protesters, Sorokina openly expressed opposition to the Lukashenko regime to the chess community and international media.

[7] Due to those statements and her public appearance in independent media, a criminal prosecution on false accusations and fabricated evidence was initiated against Sorokina in Belarus.