Letters received by FIDE regarding the announcement by the Tromso Olympiad Organisers:
Letter from Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, the President of the Asian Chess Federation
Letter from Andrey Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation (RUS) / (ENG)
Anatoly Karpov: Only FIDE decides who can play in the Chess Olympiad (Source: ITAR-TASS)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
FIDE is against this Sheik.