The Secretary General of the Russian Football Union, Maxim Mitrofanov, speaking on the issue of the suspension of Russian clubs and national teams from all international football tournaments, demonstrated to what extent logical thinking can be distorted.
"We have great relations with the Israel Football Association, we are on friendly terms with its president and secretary-general. The issue is not about imposing any sanctions on them. And, by the way, their position is also that it is necessary to lift sanctions on Russian teams.
If we move away from the situation of double standards and everyone returns to making objective decisions, then, since such sanctions have already been imposed on Russian teams, on what grounds are they not imposed on Israeli teams? But we are fighting not for Israel to be banned along with us. We are fighting for our unbanning, since Israel is not being touched,” — Russian media cite Mitrofanov's words.
