MOSCOW, March 31 Former USSR national football team goalkeeper Anzor Kavazashvili said, that the decision to recognize the Russian language as an official language in the organization by the International Football Federation has been brewing for a long time and he is glad that FIFA did not succumb to political pressure in this matter. The decision was made at a meeting of the FIFA Congress, which takes place on Thursday in Doha. According to FIFA's statutes, its official languages are also English, Spanish, French and German. On Thursday, the FIFA congress also did not consider the issue of suspending the membership of the Russian Football Union in the organization. «They should have made (the decision) a long time ago. The Russian language is the most powerful language. If you look around, there are many Russian-speaking people around the world, this is «First. Secondly, in many countries, including China, Mongolia, not to mention France or the United States, there are special Russian-speaking areas. In many countries there are Russian-speaking schools, there are Russian-speaking classes. In this regard, Russia has already «mastered» the whole world» — said Kavazashvili.
