MOSCOW, December 13, Sergei Fuks. Former Prime Minister Russia, member of the board of directors of the Moscow football club Dynamo Sergei Stepashin said that there are unscrupulous officials in the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
FIFA and UEFA published a joint statement in February 2022, according to which Russian national teams and clubs were suspended from participation in international competitions for an indefinite period due to the events in Ukraine.
«»Well, the United States fought in Vietnam, and there were no sanctions. What kind of disgusting is this? In FIFA and UEFA there are fed up unscrupulous officials. Here is the Secretary General of NATO (Jens Stoltenberg), as I call him, a frigid Norwegian, says: “We Let’s make the Russians suffer.” You bastard! It’s clear why and with whom we are fighting. In my opinion, even Biden is coming to his senses,” Stepashin told reporters.
“Yes, of course, we can’t invite some foreigners now, but there is our youth. We were all waiting for the World and European Championships, but look how we held the 2018 World Cup. No one can accept that,” added the ex- prime minister
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reminded athletes of their responsibility for discrimination against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, DPA reported. An IOC spokesman said the organization adheres to the concept of individual responsibility and athletes «cannot be held responsible for the actions of their governments.» Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko said on November 1 that the IOC only supports those countries that are patronized by the United States. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Moscow demands that the IOC abandon double standards on the issue of admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes.