Mutko to become RFU president. For the third time

Vitaly Mutko will return to the post of president of the Russian Football Union. As reported by Match TV, citing a source in the organization, this will be announced on October 11.

• Mutko headed the RFU from April 2005 to November 2009, and from September 2015 to December 2017.
• Mutko's second departure from the post of RFU president was unofficially linked to the approach of the 2018 World Cup: allegedly FIFA put pressure on the Russian authorities, demanding the dismissal of the official involved in the doping scandal .