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MOSCOW, Feb. 23 General director of the Moscow football club CSKA Roman Babaev told the newspaper «Sport-Express» that the team is quietly preparing for the resumption of the Russian Premier League season, despite US sanctions. Earlier, the US Treasury Department reported that CSKA fell under US sanctions among 25 subsidiaries of VEB. «Of course, this news is for the club and our many fans is quite unexpected,» said Babaev. «However, the club continues to function normally, the team is calmly preparing for the resumption of the season and Saturday's derby, and our lawyers understand the situation. We will defend our rights, based on the generally accepted thesis that «sport should be out of politics. The first match after the winter break CSKA will play away against Spartak on February 26.