Chess player Olga Badelko will join the Russian national team

This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the FSR.

“Now the athlete is in the process of obtaining Russian citizenship,” the FSR said in a statement.

20-year-old Badelko is a grandmaster and multiple champion of Belarus.

Earlier it was reported that Russian chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk will represent Switzerland from March 3, 2023.