MOSCOW, May 3, Alexander Sergeev. Russian football referee Alexei Matyunin said, that he filed a complaint against the President of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Ashot Khachaturyants because of the decision of the expert-judging commission under the President of the Russian Football Union (ESK RFU) and the statements of the head of the league after the match of the 26th round of the RPL «Khimki» — «Wings of the Soviets» .Podmoskovny club on April 24 at home won against Samarans with a score of 4:1. The chief referee of the match Matyunin removed two players from the guests and awarded a penalty to the gates of the Volga. Khachaturyants, head of the ESC, criticized the refereeing of the match, calling it «disgraceful». Following the meeting, «Wings of the Soviets» turned to the ESC with a request to consider the work of Matyunin. The commission recognized as erroneous two verdicts of the referee — the appointment of a penalty and the decision to count the second ball into the goal of the guests. «I filed a complaint with the Russian Football Union against Ashot Khachaturyants. It is connected with the decisions of the ESC and with his (Khachaturyants) expressions,» Matyunin said. Maxim Pashkov said he was ready to provide legal assistance to Matyunin in a dispute with the head of the RPL. The lawyer represented the interests of the arbitrator when, in November 2014, the striker of the St. Petersburg «Zenith» Hulk accused him of insults on racial grounds.
