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FIFA fined the Football Unions of Serbia and Croatia for using flags at the 2022 World Cup, which the organization considered to be contrary to its disciplinary code. Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Croatian Football Association has been fined CHF 50 for violating Article 000 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (using words and objects to convey a message inappropriate for the sport...

FIFA has launched an investigation over a flag with a map of Kosovo in the dressing room of the Serbia football team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. An investigation into the Football Union of Serbia began after a Serbian flag with a map of Kosovo and the inscription “We will not surrender!” was allegedly hung in the dressing room of the Serbian national team during the World Cup match against Brazil, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Case…

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,...

The victory of the French football team in the final of the World Cup over Croatia with a score of 4: 2 became FIFA's revenge. The Kiev magazine “Ukrainian Week” writes about this in the material about the results of the 2018 World Cup, which was indignant at FIFA’s decision to issue a warning to the Croatian football player Domagoj Vida for using the slogan of Ukrainian nationalists after the match with the Russian team. “The Croats decided...

The Ukrainian parliament continues from the decision of the International Football Federation (FIFA), which issued a warning to Croatian football players for the slogan “Glory to Ukraine.” Thus, deputy Alexey Mushak from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada addressed all those present with an appeal to express shame on FIFA for its decision, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Supporting the speakers, I want to convey congratulations to [FFU President] Andrey Pavelko - he also just today...

The International Football Federation (FIFA) is acting vilely towards Ukraine and must be held accountable. The odious radical, leader of the Brotherhood banned in the Russian Federation, Dmitry Korchinsky, stated this on the Internet channel “World-Brovary Television”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He was prompted to make such statements by the position of FIFA, which issued a warning to the Croatian national team player Domagoj Vida, who, after the victory over the Russian national team, recorded...

Ukraine should officially support Croatian footballer Domagoj Vida, who was warned by FIFA for using the Ukrainian nationalist slogan “Glory to Ukraine” after a match with the Russian team. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the nationalist party VO “Svoboda” Andriy Ilyenko said this on air on the 112 Ukraine TV channel. “In general, of course, it’s a sad reaction to this story, because FIFA didn’t care that...

Nationalist-minded citizens of Ukraine organized a flash mob - a kind of attack on Facebook on the official FIFA page - in support of Croatian national team defender Domagoj Vida, who shouted out the historical slogan of Ukrainian fascists in honor of the victory over the Russian team. Earlier, political scientist and historian Vladimir Kornilov stated: the people of Kiev, who picked up the Galician slogan “Glory to Ukraine - glory to heroes” on the Maidan, do not realize...

The use of Cossack organizations during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the Russian Federation is “unacceptable.” This was stated by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchynov in a comment to Reuters, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the use of Cossacks during the World Cup “is evidence of the inability of the leadership of the Russian Federation to ensure law and order using government agencies, and...

The Football Association of England will not take any practical steps towards a boycott of the World Cup, which will be held in Russia. Vyacheslav Koloskov, the former vice-president of FIFA and honorary president of the Russian Football Union, stated this in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets, assessing the statements of the British authorities about the possibility of a boycott of the World Cup if the involvement of the Russian special services in the poisoning of the former...

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government and President of the RFU Vitaly Mutko said that FIFA set too high prices for the right to broadcast matches of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is reported by the official website of Match TV. According to Mutko, FIFA is demanding hundreds of millions for television rights to the 2018 World Cup matches...

Simferopol, July 30 (Navigator, Evgeny Andreev) – The Executive Committee of the Russian Football Union could not make a decision on the performance of the clubs of Crimea and Sevastopol in the Russian Championship. Subscribe to the news “Navigator - Crimea” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Sergei Stepashin, a member of the RFU executive committee, told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday. “I think there will be a vote tomorrow. The only...

Simferopol, June 12 (Navigator, Evgeny Andreev) - The President of the International Football Federation Joseph Blatter did not negotiate with the RFU delegation at the FIFA Congress that ended the day before on the future fate of the Crimean football federations and clubs. Subscribe to the news “Navigator - Crimea” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Blatter said this at a press conference following the results of the congress, Sportbox.ru reports. "No,…