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.
