It happened today. The Accession of the Russian Federation Chess for Peace

IT HAPPENED TODAY

The Accession of the Russian Federation

Chess for Peace

20 September 1998: The Accession of the Russian Federation. Director Pietro Monti carries the Russian flag, which will be hoisted on the flagpole, followed in the centre by the Representative of the Moscow Foreign Ministry Victor Lopatnikov. On the right stand those honouring the newly raised Russian flag.