Sergey Palkin: "Why is Russia still a member of FIFA?"

General Director of Shakhtar Donetsk Sergey Palkin said in an interview with the BBC that he did not agree that the World Football Federation (FIFA) was ignoring demands to exclude the terrorist country Russia from the ranks of the organization.

“If we look at Russia, they are doing well, they are playing for themselves, many are in the stadiums, everything is fine with them. It is strange to me that FIFA does not react in any way to this situation as a whole. Why is Russia still a FIFA member? Palkin told British journalists.

He added that none of the top bureaucrats raises the issue of excluding a terrorist country from FIFA.

“They destroyed everything, our country, they destroyed the lives of Ukrainians and also destroyed our Ukrainian football. [FIFA] needs to take one position or another. In this situation, it is impossible to play any game and not take positions," Palkin concluded.