MOSCOW, July 25, Sergey Yaremenko. President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Alexander Dyukov issued a fan card, the RFU communications service reported. From the beginning of the current season, a fan card is required to attend matches of the Russian Premier League (RPL) in Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara and Sochi. By the end of the year, the rest of the cities where the RPL clubs will be based will join the system: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Khimki, Grozny, Krasnodar, Orenburg, Voronezh. All participants, spectators, guests and staff, as well as media representatives, must have a card. «Alexander Valeryevich really received a fan card on a general basis in one of the Moscow MFCs,» the RFU communications service said in response to a request. The first match, at which the fan card will be valid, will be held on July 29 in Yekaterinburg, where the local «Ural» in the third round of the championship of Russia will meet with «Krasnodar».
