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FIFA prohibited take Crimean football teams into the Russian championship

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An official letter from FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke  addressed to the Russian Football Union's about transition of Crimean football clubs in the Russian championship. "Russian Football Union intends affiliate associations and clubs that are affiliated to the Football Federation of Ukraine , and in this case , Art. Charter FIFA 84 . According to it , leagues or clubs affiliated to a member of FIFA, can join another member of FIFA or participate in the competition in that Member in exceptional circumstances. Since legal and factual situation concerning your request is not clear, we respectfully inform you that we can not consider approval at this stage.  we strongly recommend that General Assembly of the RFU not affiliate relevant associations and clubs before they will be explained the legal and factual situation will be received appropriate permissions according to the FIFA Statutes , "- said Valcke.

Ukraine - Russian border point "Marinivka" after a battle with terorists

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Yesterday nearby checkpoint "Marinivka" in Donetsk region conducted battle between terrorists and security forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian aircrafts twice attacked the positions of the attackers. 

“Maidan: Tonight Tomorrow,” Davide Monteleone and Leeor Kaufman’s short film about the unrest in Ukraine

In “Maidan: Tonight Tomorrow,” Davide Monteleone and Leeor Kaufman’s short film about the unrest in Ukraine, a protester tells the camera, not without pride, that most of his friends call him a fascist. “To me, that sounds like ‘patriot,’” he says. “I say, ‘Thank you, that’s a compliment.’” Even after a pro-Western industrialist, Petro Poroshenko, won the recent Presidential election, the influence of fascism in Ukrainian politics remains a subject of debate. To Vladimir Putin, the country is full of fascists—but he has enlarged the definition to include anyone who resists partitioning the country. To the supporters of the protesters, including the prominent Yale historian Timothy Snyder, the fascist influence is overstated. The film takes us to Maidan, when the new Ukrainian government was being forced to reckon with the far right. During the initial protests that forced out the corrupt government of Viktor Yanukovych, the ultra-nationalist group Right Sector played a crucia

UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague's message to the Ukrainian people

UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague's message to the Ukrainian people

Ukraine: A dangerous game. A film by Michael Andersen

Ukraine: A dangerous game . A film by Michael Andersen  (Danish film maker)