MOSCOW, April 6, Alexander Sergeev. The Russian Football Union (RFU) accepted the decision to withdraw one of the claims to the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne (CAS) due to the refusal to satisfy the application to postpone the play-offs of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament to a later date, the RFU communications service reported. «On March 30, the Russian Football Union withdrew one of the claims filed with CAS due to the fact that the CAS had previously denied the RFU's application for an injunction in the form of postponing the matches of the World Cup qualifiers to a later date.The withdrawn claim related only to these games and, therefore At the same time, the main requirements for the admission of Russian national teams to participate in all international matches under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA, including the World Championships, are still contained in other claims against organizations consideration of which in essence will begin in the CAS in the near future,» the message says. Earlier, FIFA and UEFA issued a joint statement according to which Russian teams and clubs were suspended from participation in all international competitions for an indefinite period, in connection with which March 24 did not take place semi-final meeting of the Russian national team with the Polish team in the play-off mini-tournament for the right to reach the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The RFU filed appeals against the decisions of FIFA and UEFA in CAS. The court denied the RFU's request for an expedited review of the case, and later — the request for the suspension of interim measures in the case of UEFA and FIFA. The head of the RFU Alexander Dyukov reported that CAS should consider the appeals of the RFU against the decisions of FIFA and UEFA regarding Russian clubs and teams in April or May.
