Racist incident during the match "Amkar" - "Arsenal"

On November 26, 2016, in Perm, during the match between Amkar and Arsenal (Tula), Arsenal defender Dmitry Aidov made racist insults against the black midfielder of Amkar Fegor Ogude.

November 26, 2016 in Perm hosted the match "Amkar" - "Arsenal" (Tula). During the match, Arsenal defender Dmitry Aidov made racist insults against the black midfielder of Amkar Fegor Ogude. This was announced by the player "Amkar" Sekou Conde. “ He told him in Russian “black, go to ...” and called him a monkey ,” said the footballer.

Aidov said that "there was nothing like that" and he did not allow himself racist statements.

Ogude noted that during the game he did not hear insults, as he does not know Russian. The decision on whether to file a complaint, the player promised to take later.

The general director of Amkar, Igor Rezvukhin, said that the club did not intend to seek any punishment for Aidov, since the competent authorities should look into the situation. Later, Rezvukhin generally refused to comment on the situation. Amkar's head coach Gadzhi Gadzhiev said that he also advises the management not to initiate proceedings, since "criticism and discussion is already enough in this case."

The referee and match inspector did not record the incident.

Sources

• Amkar defender Conde said Arsenal player called Ogude a monkey // Championship.ru. November 26, 2016