FIFA accuses Russian Football Federation of "racist chants"

FIFA news: FIFA accuses Russian Football Federation of "racist chants"

FIFA has fined 30,000 francs to the Russian football federation for "racist" cheers for fans during a friendly match between Russia and France in St. Petersburg on March 27, 2018.

FIFA's decision came after careful investigations included re-watching the registration of the match by the disciplinary committee headed by Anin Yaboh, and after analyzing all the special circumstances of the event, in particular, the limited number of the public concerned.

FIFA has decided to hold the Russian Football Federation responsible for violating Article 58 of FIFA's disciplinary rules.

The Union does not tolerate discrimination and applies a number of anti-discrimination measures, as well as promoting opportunities for diversity, including the implementation of an anti-discrimination monitoring system in 2015 to evaluate all qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and all 2018 Confederations Cup matches.

The EU has also introduced a three-step procedure in the event of discriminatory incidents, giving referees the right to suspend, suspend or cancel matches due to public behavior, which was already tested at the World Cup finals last summer.

In addition, FIFA has published a "Guide to Good Practices for Diversity and the Fight Against Discrimination" to support all member associations and called upon the public attending football stadiums to demonstrate a spirit of unity, peace, and friendship.