MOSCOW, February 22, Alexander Sergeev. Press Officer of the Russian Rugby Federation ( FRR) Anton Khalizov said that the European Rugby Federation (Rugby Europe) had a request to the Georgian Rugby Union to remove the announcement of the match between the national teams of Georgia and Russia in Ukrainian published on social networks. teams at the European Championship against the Russian team in Ukrainian, without duplicating the publication in either Georgian or Russian. The meeting will take place on February 27 at the stadium in Tbilisi.» The leadership of the federation turned to Rugby Europe with a request to look into this situation. We were told that such publications are unacceptable, that this is a violation of the regulations. Rugby Europe asked the Georgian side to remove this poster, but at the moment they nothing has been removed, even considering that they face a fine for this. Rugby Europe supports our position on the inadmissibility of such publications,» Khalizov said. The European Championship is a qualifying competition for the World Cup. The Russian team, which scored one point after two rounds, is in fifth place. The Georgian team (7) is third. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on February 21 condemned the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR, calling it a repetition of the 2008 scenario (when Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia), and also expressed support for Ukraine.
