MOSCOW, 28 Oct. The Russian national football team will play a friendly match with the team of Tajikistan, according to the Telegram channel of the national team. The meeting will be held on November 17 in Dushanbe at the Central Republican Stadium. The match kicks off at 18:00 Moscow time. It was previously reported that the Russian team will play a friendly match with the Iranian team in November, the exact date has not been determined. It was also reported that on November 20, the Russians could play with the team of Uzbekistan. Also on November 19, in St. Petersburg, the Russians should play with the team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the leaders of the Bosnian national team Miralem Pjanic and captain Edin Dzeko, as well as a member of the executive committee of the Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Azmir Husic and vice-president of the federation Irfan Duric spoke out against organizing a meeting with the Russians. It was expected that the final decision on holding the game would be made on 10 October. The Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that it had postponed the meeting of the executive committee on the issue of the match to October 31. 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 this regard, the Russian team was excluded from the participants in the play-offs for entering the World Cup in Qatar. In mid-July, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed appeals against the decisions of FIFA and UEFA.
