Recent unrest the situation in Ukraine, and Crimea then declare independence and immediately joined Russia, Russia has been the matter of sanctions so that many European and American countries. Even after U.S. lawmakers wrote to FIFA asking deprive Russia of the right and the right to host the World Cup, but Blatter refused to do so. And this week, UEFA president Michel Platini also made it clear that his opposition to boycott the World Cup in Russia.
Many European leaders considering a boycott of the 2018 World Cup held in Russia, Kazakhstan is currently participating in the UEFA Michel Platini annual meeting, when asked about this topic, he responded by saying, "I have had enough of those requirements boycott 2018 World Cup in Russia people. trying to launch such a comprehensive boycott is not normal, independent of political football, let the politicians take care of the political problem, and let everyone enjoy the football games, sports need everyone's participation. "
In fact this is not the first time football contest affected by political factors, just before the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine, there are many state leaders announced because it was the Ukrainian government refused to release Tymoshenko does not go to the site to watch the European Cup. But Platini stressed that "there were a politician refused to attend the European Cup, but in the final I seem to see the Prime Minister of Spain and Italy's prime minister came to the scene and I had to attend the 1978 World Cup, when it was at the time called for us to resist Argentina military government, but I think a better approach is to go there in person to express your views, not denied access. "
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