Poroshenko will not allow Russian championship matches to be held in Crimea: “This is Ukrainian land”
Kyiv, November 21 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he would prevent the holding of Russian championship matches in Crimea. The head of state stated this after a meeting with the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini.
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“I promised to fight so that the Russian championship would not take place in Crimea, because this is our land,” Poroshenko said.
Platini, in turn, said that UEFA has created a working group on this issue. The final decision will be made within the framework of UEFA statutory norms at a meeting of the UEFA leadership in Lausanne on December 4.
Poroshenko stressed that it is important for Ukraine to maintain control over the development of football in Crimea.
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