Need to wait for the development of the geopolitical situation, but a boycott of the 2018 world Cup in Russia, which now agitate, will not benefit anyone, said the head of FIFA Joseph Blatter. " Yes, I heard about that voices can be heard about the boycott of the 2018 world Cup in Russia, but the boycott in the sport had never done anyone any good. Let's wait for the development of the geopolitical situation. We continue to work with Russia, 3 weeks ago I was in Russia, periodically receive reports about what is happening there, " said Blatter in the first day of the week in Manchester, where he started football Soccerex exhibition, reports R-Sport. Remember, September 3, the Commissioner of the governments of Germany Steffen Seibert said that the question of a possible boycott of the 2018 world Cup football in Russia is not officially discussed. As the subsequent world Cup soccer held only four years later, the opportunity to apply the boycott of the 2018 world Cup as a measure of the pressure on Moscow in light of the conflict in Ukraine " is not a question that must today be subject to discussion, " he said. September 2, individual members of the community made an offer to stop for some time, Russia's membership in FIFA and UEFA, calling for the use sporting events as an element of pressure on Moscow together with economic sanctions. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In reply August 7, Russia imposed a complete ban on the export of beef, pork, fruits, poultry, cheese and milk from countries that first introduced sanctions against Russia. on 5 September, the European Union adopted conclusions on the introduction of new penalties regarding Russia.
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