Friday, 13 March 2015

Russia plans anti-racism event before hosting 2018 World Cup

Russia is planning an international anti-racism summit this year to address the problem before hosting the 2018 World Cup.

The conference follows a report which detailed more than 200 cases of discriminatory behaviour in Russian football in the past two seasons.

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the event would be held jointly with UK-based campaign group the FARE network, who co-wrote the report.

But Piara Powar, the head of FARE, insisted it had yet to confirm its participation after an approach from the Russian Football Union.

Powar said Russia was "free to do an event," but that talk of a partnership with FARE was "very premature."


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