Russia welcomes FIDE's decision to allow Russians to compete with the flag and anthem.

Russia welcomes the decision of the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to allow chess players from the Russian Federation to participate in international competitions with a flag and anthem. This was announced on December 14 by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Chess Federation.

"We welcome the decision of the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation to allow our athletes and our chess teams to participate in international competitions with a flag and anthem. We highly appreciate this decision of the General Assembly, adopted as a result of the vote," he said.

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