Mike Nolan wrote:

My understanding is that Beatriz has already repaid the USCF for the
plane ticket and other expenses related to the FIDE Congress that had
been previously paid to her, in compliance with the Board motion from
last month.

And my understanding is that part of the price for her selling out
the United States was to rid Chess Life of FIDE's greatest critic.

So Beatriz got her payoff from Kirsan. It doesn't always take the
form of a gold Rolex or cash in a brown envelope.