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Our friend FIFA

June 6, 2011 Anton Oresh

I think that our country has no time to make friends so tightly with the International Football Federation (FIFA). Look at what has happened in this organization only over the past six months.

In front of the voting of the elections of the countries of the world championships of 2018 and 2022, the provocation of English journalists leads to the fact that the two members of the FIFA executive committee, who actually agreed to support the candidacy of one of the countries, were removed from voting. Moreover, the general opinion was such that these gentlemen would support any candidacy in exchange for material benefits. And this happened at the moment when rumors were actively circulated about various backstage agreements, but simply about who and whom he bought. And then two specific functionaries, gentlemen of Temaria and Adam, simply appeared - far, by the way, are not the last in the hierarchy of the world football bureaucracy of the individual. The vote was not canceled, contrary to doubts and protests. Our Russia and Qatar defeated. The latter was struck by absolutely everyone, and even more struck that the Qatar won by a knockout, although there were essentially no arguments in favor of the application of this country, except for the limitless budget. Did he only go to propaganda, or did something come to specific accounts of specific people? At that moment, the question hung in the air and investigations did not conduct investigations.

But, as they say in football, "a good blow will not disappear." New elections began. This time the heads of FIFA herself. And then in three spring months, tons of shit and incriminating evidence resulted in a game number one on the planet. In the process, we were informed that the four members of the executive committee, including the “heavyweight” of Teishera and Warner, as well as Leos and Makudi, who joined them, were ready to vote for the English application for a bribe. They themselves, they say, were almost the first to get in touch.

Then they reported to us that Mr. Anum and another Fifa Monster Mr. Ayat had already specifically sold their souls and voices to Qatar for one and a half million dollars.

Then gentlemen Sylvester, Mingall and Bin Hammam were suspected of corruption conspiracy in order to achieve the election of FIFA President Bin Hammama. Hammam was the only rival of Joseph Blatter, who guides the organization since 1998. Hammam from Qatar, and in the light of the victory of this country in the struggle for the World Cup 2022, his desire to lead FIFA seemed strange. Instead of thanks to Blatter, he went to the war at him. And the Secretary General of Fifa Mr. Valka wrote in his mail, which became the property of publicity: “I never understood why Bin Hammam was participating in the presidential race. Did he really think that he had a chance, or just wanted to show in such a way that he no longer loves Blatter? Or thought that he could buy FIFA the same way as I bought the World Cup? ”

And finally, Blatter himself was accused of corruption. Like, he distributed computers to football officials as a gift and allocated a million dollars for pocket expenses, which Mr. Valka spent bypassing accounting.

What is the result? The proposal to transfer the presidential election FIFA has not passed. The proposal to hold a second vote on the World 2022 World Cup has not passed. The presidential election was non -alternative. Blatter won with an overwhelming advantage. In corruption, 12 of the 24 members of the executive committee for the past six months, the Secretary General of FIFA and its president were suspected. At the same time, Mr. Blatter said that there is no ministry in his organization, but there are only insignificant difficulties that we can handle without outside interference. To complete the picture, I’ll add that Blatter is re-elected for the 4th period and by the end of this period he will rule football for 17 years in a row.

And now I am returning to the beginning of the text. About the friendship of our country and FIFA. Well, how can we not be friends? Putin is perhaps the only major world leaders specially in support of Blatter. And how not to speak? The organization in which the accounting of accounting can be carried out for pocket expenses. Where you can lead for 17 years in a row, re -elected on a non -alternative basis. Where the principle of making decisions is not known to anyone but those who make them. Where the owners of the world championships are determined by unknown criteria. And the decisions are made by citizens with Tahiti, from Trinidad, Papua-New Guinea, Guatemala, Sri Lanka. With all respect for them, these countries are not the Grand of world football. They do not play any role in him at all. And they do not relate to the strongholds of democracy. With uncontrolled and non -accountability, this cannot but give birth to temptations. A person with Tahiti has the right to decide whether the World Cup in England or Spain will be held - a sin not to use this right in full, right? With all due respect to Tahiti. Did the executive committee accidentally have such convenient people?

That's why we are friends with FIFA. She is so close and understandable to us! It is nice to realize that not only in our country live according to special laws, but throughout the world this is not alien to this.

Photos of RIA Novosti

In the photo above: General Director of the Russian Football Union Alexei Sorokin, Minister for Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko, FIFA President Joseph Blatter and RFU President Sergei Fursenko (left to the right) participate in the signing ceremony for Russia's status of the 2018 World Cup in football.

In the photo below: January 23, 2011, the head of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (right) is talking with FIFA President Joseph Blatter (left).