Kramnik Banned from chess.com
Without trying to diagnose from afar, I’d wager that Kramnik is suffering from significant mental illness (though some of these behaviors go back a long way in slightly altered forms). The whole thing makes me sad, really, because Big Vlad is an amazing player, and has often been gregarious and good humored to an exceptional degree.
The increased paranoia, narcissism, and intensified persecution complex in a bubble largely of his own creation is sadly parallel to many of his age (I’m a few years older) and their political views and expression nowadays…as is this kind of reaction when caught, countered or rebuffed.