MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. A recent statement made by the president of the world’s governing football body FIFA, Gianni Infantino, deserves special attention, as this is the first time such a high-ranking official has said that sanctions do not work, Russian Presidential Aide Alexey Dyumin told TASS on Tuesday.
"Special attention should be paid to yesterday's statement by FIFA President of FIFA, a member of the IOC [the International Olympic Committee] Gianni Infantino," Dyumin, who is also a deputy chairman of the Russian Presidential Council on the Physical Culture and Sport, said.
"For the first time, a sports official of this level said that sanctions bring nothing but disappointment and hatred. And also that the FIFA Charter should prohibit the suspension of national teams for political reasons," he added.
On February 2, FIFA President Infantino said in an interview with Sky News that FIFA should lift the previously imposed ban on Russia's participation in international competitions.
"I'm against bans, I'm against boycotts as well. I think they don't bring anything… they just contribute to… more hatred," Infantino noted.
