Russia is threatened with new sanctions – for football in Crimea
The International Football Federation (FIFA) sent a request to the Russian Football Union (RFU) in order to clarify the circumstances of the participation of the Saratov Sokol and the second team of the Makhachkala Anzhi in 2017 in the Open Winter Cup of the Crimean Football Union (CFU). This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. Football competitions in Crimea are prohibited from being organized under the auspices of the RFU due to sanctions against the peninsula,...