All Russian Federation of Draughts governs Russian Checkers or Shashki and though this form of checkers is very popular in the former Soviet Union, Turkish and International Checkers are also played. Moreover, Russian Draughts is an equally popular strategy game in Israel as well.
Russian Checkers/Draughts are usually played in a ‘Go-As-You-Please’ fashion, though there are also tournaments held that include restricted openings. The Federation also organizes tournaments for two popular variants of this game: Poddavki and 10x8 Russian Draughts, which has the same rules as Russian Checkers with the exception that it’s played on a 10 x 8 checkerboard.