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so-called. RFU Secretary General Maxim Mitrofanov claims that his negotiations with UEFA are ongoing.

— We are negotiating with UEFA to lift the ban and restore it. The negotiations are going hard. These are long conversations that go on all the time. UEFA does not want the RFU to leave, and the RFU does not want to. But for the RFU, the restoration and play of clubs, youth and first teams is very important. As for the inclusion of Crimean clubs in the national championship, this may and may not affect it. We can include them in the second league even without them becoming members of the RFU. Many of our clubs are not members of the RFU.

UEFA are hostages of the situation. We all view UEFA from the point of view of football rule-making. And they are an organization that exists in the conditions of their reality. They are forced to live in it. They are for football to be. They are against the ban. For them, this is an emergency situation, but they are hostages,” the official explained vaguely to local media.

Former head coach of CSKA Moscow Alexei Berezutsky told why he decided to leave this club last summer.

“I made the decision to leave CSKA before my own departure took place. There are several factors. The Most Important - February 24 (February 24, 2022 - the day of the Russian attack on Ukraine - ed.).

Another factor is that it is not clear where we are going. The vagueness of prospects in the general plan of football in Russia. Where are we going, what are we fighting for? By the summer, it was clear that the ban on Russian football in the world would be for a long time, and this had nothing to do with UEFA: other teams simply didn’t want to play with us,” Berezutsky said on the air of the Comment.Trainer YouTube channel.

he director of "Sevastopol" Valery Chaly complained of fatigue from the so-called "Crimean championship" and stated his desire to enter the championship of Russia.

"We are waiting. There is information that in April should begin action, as I understand it, to integrate our club. We hope for that. But in order for Crimean clubs to legally compete in Russian competitions, they or the federation must be collective members of the RFU. So far I can only see the work of the FNL (Second Russian division - ed.).. But maybe that is the procedure.

We really want to enter the Russian championship. We don`t have the Crimean championship, but some competition of Simferopol "Tavria", where everything is done for it. We're all tired of it," RB quoted Chaloy as saying.

As previously reported, the day before, in response to a request from the UAF, Joma officially stated that they had nothing to do with the presentation of the new jerseys of Russian Zenit.

Allegedly, the Russian club's jerseys were distributed by a retailer on the open market, which the Spanish company does not control.

However, some of the facts cast doubt on the sincerity of Joma's management. For example, in the store there isn't a single product which would resemble in its design the Zenit kits. But Zenit store have paid special attention to the marking of newly purchased jerseys - on the inside of the neck there is a sign saying that the kit was designed exclusively for the club.

In this regard, fans are wondering whether the answer Joma UAF satisfied and, accordingly, whether our association will continue to cooperate with such a "partner".

The UAF reported that in response to its request, Joma said it had nothing to do with the presentation of the new uniform of the Russian Zenit.

"In response to a request from UAF Marketing, the head office of the Spanish company Joma said that it had nothing to do with the development and presentation of the new uniform of the Russian club.

The company's letter reads: "We confirm that Joma's headquarters in Spain has suspended all our sponsorship activities with sports teams from Russia and Belarus. We have no direct contact - neither commercial nor sponsorship - with any professional club there. (in Russia and Belarus - ed.)and we were not aware of and have nothing to do with the launch and customization/individual style of the new Zenit uniform.

In response to the question of how it happened that the Russian club presented the uniforms to Joma, the letter states that these "shirts were distributed by Wildberries. This is a retailer that can receive goods from our catalog on the open market, where we have no control," the UAF Facebook page said.

Alexander Petrakov, the head coach of the Armenian national team, called up four players playing in the Russian championship.

The Ukrainian coach's list includes Georgy Harutyunyan (Krasnodar-2), Khoren Bayramyan (Rostov), Eduard Spertsyan (Krasnodar) and Nair Tiknizyan (Lokomotiv).

In March, the Armenians will play a home qualifier against Turkey and spar with Cyprus, also at home.

The Russian head coach of Hungarian Ferencvaros, Stanislav Cherchesov, started a traditional bog-standard rant about the expulsion of his sub-country from all civilized tournaments.

- The situation is very unpleasant, to some extent or in general unfair, because sport is sport and politics is politics. But we must take the situation for what it is. Each club has its own opportunities, goals and history, and each club needs to prioritize and move forward. Because the X-day will come, everything will open up and we need to be ready for it, not for another year or two," the Eastern propagandists quoted Cherchesov as saying.

Law enforcement officers conducted searches at a commercial bank whose beneficiary is the president of the Russian CSKA, which received more than UAH 1.6 billion for refinancing. Searches were also conducted at the offices of the management board and supervisory board of the financial institution.

The investigation is checking information on the legality of the bank's receipt and use of more than UAH 1.6 billion in refinancing loans. The institution received the funds after the start of the active phase of hostilities. This amount is more than 50% of the bank's assets and is more than 5.5 times the amount of the bank's authorized capital.

As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers are also checking information about the involvement of high-ranking officials and deputies of the Russian Federation in committing crimes in Ukraine.

Law enforcement officers do not specify the name of the bank, but it is known that the president of the Moscow CSKA Evgeny Giner owns 88.9% of the shares of the First Investment Bank (PIN Bank).

Former coach of Zenit from St. Petersburg, the famous Czech coach Vlastimil Petrzhela determined the current “level” of Russian football.

- The Russian championship in the world is of no interest to anyone. The complete departure of legionnaires is not a key factor in determining the level of Russian football. The most important thing is the events in the world, no one knows what will happen tomorrow. Perhaps in the future, Russian football will cease to exist - this will depend on events in the world. I accept this option. This is how I judge by looking at what is shown on TV,” said the Czech.

Yaroslavl Shinnik doctor Garegin Agakhanyan has commented on the information about the players' injuries sustained in a fight with the Ukrainian Minaya players in a hotel in Turkey.

- Of course, everyone exaggerates about our players' bruises. I would not say so, but we can`t rule anything out either - for example, marginal fractures of toes are possible in two players. You must have seen Semeykin`s face on TV - there is a cut on his cheekbone, his eye is swollen. The blood has been drained, it is now slowly resolving. One player has ear injury, another one complained about ribs. Judging by the clinical picture, there probably won`t be any fractures. All is well, no one was seriously injured given the situation," the local media quotes Agakhanyan as saying.

Rubin Kazan midfielder Oleg Ivanov has spoken about his thoughts on a possible move to the Asian Football Confederation.

"I think there's no need to poke around at all. I think everything will be all right in the spring. Well, if we go to Asia, some people there will say: "I don't want to run with them". What then?

We just have to stay and wait. Asia is a completely different thing. I've got everyone who's played there saying it's +50. Where will we go?", RB Sport quoted Ivanov as saying.

It should be recalled that since the start of Russia's attack on Ukraine, all Russian clubs and national teams have been expelled from international competitions. Thus, for nearly a year now, Russian football has been in a state of keen and uninterrupted masturbation.

Minaya forward Danilo Kolesnik spoke in detail about the reasons for the "educational work" carried out by our players with the stiffs from the Russian Shinnik.

- One is a player and the other is either a coach or an assistant. The two lads, there was no other way to describe them, went into the women's washroom. And the hotel worker was there. She thought he was from our team, so she says to me: "Take him away, it's the women's toilet". And he comes out and says to her: "Go clean it up, I've been shitting in there." She started to say something to him in English, and he said: "I don't understand you, say it in a normal language, in Russian". It really pissed me off! I said to him: "Come here, I'll explain in your language. And that was it. As it turned out, he got a couple of blows and ran away... - said Danilo on FootballHub.