To which I was going to add Pyongyang. Who are the serious players? Russia, certainly. What of China? Far too obsessed with Asia. Iran? A major player in the Islamic world but not elsewhere. North Korea? Too myopic to see the big picture.
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Very famous. Oh and it was an ethnic Russian first up. Stalin ordered a Georgian to "redo" it, also the "looted" wristwatches were airbrushed out! The flag was originally raised at 11.30 pm and hardly anyone saw it, after daybreak the iconic picture was taken.
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