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St. Petersburg, July 24, Taras Barabash. Vice President of the Federation The 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov said that Russia should not be concerned about the decisions of the General Assembly of the European Chess Union (ECU). The ECU General Assembly on Sunday extended the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian chess federations, as well as the ban on national teams from participating in competitions under the auspices of the organization. In April, the CFR decided to join the Asian Chess Federation. «We decided to join the Asian confederation a long time ago. I don't know if this process can be accelerated, but I voted for joining. I voted against leaving the European confederation, but the majority of votes was it was decided that we are leaving the European one, so their vote does not really shake us.I believe that three countries have the right to geographically be in two associations: Turkey, Kazakhstan and Russia.It is surprising that we were not members of the Asian confederation before.Then what is happening are purely political games. Probably, the chess world will not be entertained for so long, this is purely temporary (the decision to suspend),” Karpov said. Russians and Belarusians are allowed to play under the flag of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) or another national federation.