The UEFA Executive Committee banned the Crimean clubs to play in the championship of Russia

The UEFA Executive Committee banned the Crimean clubs to play in the Championship of Russia on Football from January 2015, said the NATO Secretary-General Gianni Infantino.
" The UEFA Executive Committee today decided to impose a ban on the Crimean clubs to compete in competitions under the auspices of the RAF from January 2015, " said Infantino, RIA " Novosti ". Before the head of UEFA Michel Platini at the meeting with the head of state of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the final decision on the status of the Crimean football clubs will take on the management meeting of UEFA in Lausanne on 4 December. Remember, Ukrainian football fans wrote an open letter Poroshenko at the beginning of his meeting with Mr Platini. In his own statement to the President of Ukraine, they expressed outrage at the football competitions under the auspices of the Russian football Union on the area of the Crimea (which they considered the territory of Ukraine - approx. OPINION). Later they staged a protest outside the building of the presidential administration in Kiev. Poroshenko promised ultras to prevent the Crimean clubs to play under the aegis of the RFU. Before the Union of European football associations (UEFA) has said that it will not recognize matches the Crimean clubs in competitions under the auspices of the Russian football Union. Remember, the Crimean clubs - Yalta " Pearl ", TJC (Simferopol) and SCCP (Sevastopol) - in the last month of summer participated in the Cup of Russia, and made his debut in the 2nd division championship of the Russian Federation in the South. Ukraine has called on FIFA and UEFA to take sanctions against Russia. on 31 July the Bureau of the Executive Committee of the Russian football Union (RFU) has approved the performance of the clubs from the Crimea and Sevastopol in the 2014/15 season in the 2nd division championship. On the eve of June was that in competitions under the auspices of the RAF are going to participate in the " Tavria " and " Sevastopol ", played in the Ukrainian Premier League, and again established clubs already registered under Russian law.


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