FIFA punished Russia for racism

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has penalized the Russian Football Federation (RFU) with a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs, the god of racism of Russian fans at a friendly match with France, played in March in St. Petersburg. Petersburg.

The target of the Russian fans were the dark-skinned players of 'Tricolor' Paul Pogba and Ousman Dembele, who were "honored" with monkey urns by local supporters.FIFA conducted a "thorough investigation" of video evidence that only a limited number of fans were involved in racist incidents.

Russia, as host of the recent World Cup, promised to fight racism."It's a shame that such discriminating events take place here, but luckily, they are very rare and do not represent a trend," said Alexey Sorokin, executive director of the Russian local committee for the organization of the World Cup, Hina reports.

FIFA has confirmed that the World Cup judges will use the three-step process in the case of racism. The first step will be to break the game and a warning that discriminatory behavior must stop. If the offense is repeated, the referee can stop the match again and ask for another warning, and the third step is to stop the match.

At the stadium in St. A total of seven games will play in Petersburg. Four matches of the group phase of the SP: Morocco - Iran, Russia - Egypt, Brazil - Costa Rica and Nigeria - Argentina, one game of the eighth finals, one semi-finals and a match for 3rd place.

• 9 May, 2018
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