Papua New Guinea was the only country that voted against the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) joining the organization at the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) General Assembly held in Abu Dhabi. This was said by the general director of the FSR, Alexander Tkachev.
“The voting was open. A country such as Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Bhutan abstained.
No matter how much you want to mix sports with politics, the decision of 29 countries against the rest is the decision of the political leadership of the countries participating in the vote, ”says Tkachev. TASS.
In 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a recommendation to international federations to prevent Russian athletes from participating in official competitions.
On January 25, the IOC announced that it is considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who do not support the conduct of a special operation on Ukrainian territory to participate in international competitions with a neutral status.
Despite this, the sanctions continue for now. Against this background, the FSR became the first Russian sports federation to move to Asia.
Formerly Alexander Tkachev spoke It’s about Russian chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk changing her sports citizenship to Swiss.