FIFA arrests just U.S. anger over Russia World Cup 2018

BY ANTON VERNITSKY 

MOSCOW, May 29 – The most discussed topic of the week was the FIFA Congress. It was to be a routine vote – keep the current president for the fifth time, or change it to a Jordanian prince. Suddenly turned into a hurricane that almost swept the entire FIFA into pieces and halves.

Two days before the elections, the U.S. Department of Justice pulled the trigger gun, aimed at the most influential sports organization after the International Olympic Committee.

Translation – Gazeta.ru

Nine criminal cases against officials of FIFA, seven officers arrested and interrogated in connection with money laundering. The Western press has competed in the headlines: Red card Blatter – End impunity by FIFA – FIFA Mafia.

Articles all about FIFA officials taking millions for delivering the world championship games to Russia and Qatar.

Election held

Blatter will remain in his post or be replaced by a Jordanian prince – as a result resembled a special operation. Pickets around the building, the search for the alleged bomb threat, loud statements of politicians.

Like a minefield, the balance of power which is very simple stated by FIFA president Sepp Blatter: We would not have these problems today if in 2010 we had drawn out of the selection envelope not Russia and Qatar.

Blatter re-elected

He promised to clean up FIFA.

Why suddenly are the Americans, one of the non-playing football countries, so zealously going after FIFA? After all, on the part of all it is very similar to the attempt to color the coup in a country under the name “Football”. [ed note: U.S. competes in the World Cup.]

If not for the appearance at the Swiss Hotel strong young men in jackets with the inscription FBI – leading out the back door the football functionaries in handcuffs for the next corruption scandal in the bowels of the FIFA few people would pay attention.

Suddenly America sees scandal

There were many scandals, starting with the World Cup 1966 in distant England, when the first FIFA made a profit of 12 million pounds. But too demonstratively acted in Switzerland – the Americans, two days before the FIFA presidential election arrested several members of the executive committee of the organization, and accused them of violating the U.S. law.

“Since 1991, two generations of football officials using their position and using the confidence of the relevant organizations demanded bribes from marketing companies in exchange for commercial rights to football tournaments held,” – said Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Notice that the attorney general said “two generations of football officials,” a transparent pointing to Sepp Blatter who has been the unchallenged FIFA president for 17 years. FIFA is the world’s largest non-governmental organization. It has more member nations than at the United Nations.

Losers cry corruption

Typically, FIFA corruption scandals in FIFA flareup after the selection of winning World Cup country selections. Offended losers accuse the winners of bribing FIFA members.

A recent example: A British newspaper investigation recorded on hidden camera Nigerian football officials agreeing for 800 thousand dollars to support the U.S. World Cup application.

In response to such inquiries FIFA tried to fight selection purity. More often, however, the proceedings against corruption ended in the depths of the Football Federation – officials simply were excluded from the cash flow of football.

But nothing like the story of the mass arrests of functionaries has ever been. It is because of the fact that the U.S. actions in Switzerland are more like kidnapping.

And there is – not unfounded – suspicions that the sudden desire of Americans to fight corruption in football – is not an end in itself.

Ironically, it is Blatter and FIFA who have tried to make in the U.S. international football as popular as American style football where the game is played in downs using the hands.

International football is not popular in America

However, despite the World Cup being held in the U.S. in 1994 most Americans find international to be a mysterious game and not popular.

But the battle the U.S. wages is not against Blatter as he very diplomatically told the FIFA Congress in Zurich:

“If December 2, 2010 here in Zurich, when we chose the home of two championships – 2018 and 2022 – had turned out to be the names of other countries, today we would not have these problems,”

The main goal in this Zurich game by the Americans is to attack Russia for its winning selection of World Cup 2018.

And it is not offended American or British football federation because of FIFA choice fell not on their country, and the main football world championship will be held with them. Americans generally took off then, in 2010, its application to the Championship in 2018, and the British with a bang lost the vote, received only two votes out of 22 possible.

Says British journalist Neil Clark: “Let’s be honest, football is irrelevant. The point here is, as it were a painful for the Americans that Russia won the 2018 selection.

They do not like that the championship will be held in Russia. But if you think about it, Russia is perhaps the biggest country that plays football. And that in this case has not yet held the World Cup.

Ukraine changed attitudes towards Russia

Until last year, that is, before the events in Ukraine in the world discussed everything: the corruption scandal in the selection of the Polish-Ukrainian Euro 2012, and a bribe in the course of preparation for the World Cup in South Africa, but not our application.

But after Ukraine unfolded, Blatter was put under pressure alternately by U.S. senators, the deputy British prime minister, in order to convince the leadership of FIFA World Cup in the transfer from Russia. For political reasons. But Blatter stood and stands his ground: “Football – out of politics.”

“We know his position, which has nothing to do with some special relationship FIFA and Russia. This is his general position of principle: Sports and politics should be separate. I believe that it is absolutely correct position.

America has no authority to make arrests

Said Vladimir Putin after the arrests in Zurich: “This, at least, very strange.These officials are not U.S citizens, and if an event happened, it did not happen in the United States, and the United States does not have to do with it. This is another blatant attempt extend its jurisdiction to other states.”

The Washington Post tried to explain by what right the United States has taken on the role of world policeman. Moreover, in an editorial written about it without scruple. And it begins with the phrase that:

“There are not too many secrets, which are known to billions of people, and bribery in FIFA – one of them.”Then follows an explanation of the US lawyer that some US laws above the laws of other countries.

“This requires a jurisdictional hook, that is, the aspect of a crime within the jurisdiction of the US. This could be, for example, call or visit to the United States, or even an e-mail that has passed through the American server”, explained the article.

In other words, anyone – anywhere – in the world, who does not violate the laws of his country, any user of Internet resources, such as Google or Facebook, runs the risk of being caught and transported to the United States.

Need a clue, find that in the case of the American Themis can in your private correspondence or telephone conversation. At the same time hide the fact that everything and everyone is heard in the world, no one not even trying. Moreover, Europe adopted the rules of the game imposed by the Americans.

America arrests anyone anywhere in the world

A striking example – Julian Assange, who was forced for several years to hide from the Americans in the Equador Embassy in London for publishing secret details of illegal U.S. government activity.  Just as former NSA employee Edward Snowden, who said that the United States evesdropped, on the presidents of foreign countries.

No one in Europe, apart from Russia, could  guarantee his safety, fearing the wrath of the United States.

Following the arrests Vladimir Putin said: “Unfortunately, our American partners have used such methods to achieve their own selfish purposes. And they do it by illegally persecuting people. I do not exclude that from relating to the FIFA case.”

Demonstrative presumptuousness of the U.S. is paying off. And now, in what “comes the chief of police and the judge,” believes Michel Platini, a former football player and now European football officials and an opponent Blatter.

FBI will reform FIFA

“If FIFA does not hold reforms in its organization, for her it will make the FBI”, – he said.

In this scheme the US attack on the FIFA standard repeats the scheme of “color revolutions” of recent times. Under the calls for fight against corruption and in the presence of the opposition held an attempt to bring to power the right and managed to this point, the candidate States. If the vote turns out that the right candidate does not happen then threats follow.

“With regard to FIFA, I think, even if not expected to shift Blatter, who has the most, and not by chance he won, he hoped to weaken. It is likely, it is possible.

And thus show other people, not only to officials of the great sport, show that go against the American position, in this case, the isolation of Russia, can be dangerous. For specific careers, specific conditions for their safety, “- says the president of the National Strategy Institute Mikhail Remizov.

It is clear that the pressure of the USA on the football federations is  only part of the policy. Rest is done already handed over pliant victim environment. So Blatter in an interview with the Swiss publication SonntagsBlick describes communication between Michel Platini, FIFA president before the election.

“On Thursday, Platini asked me about a private conversation. He said,” Come on, like friends, drink good whiskey. “I refused. Then he said, quite seriously:” Sepp, you will spend the Congress and in the end announced that resigned ” – he said.

Proposal for Blatter’s resignation

For this, according to Blatter, Platini promised to organize a grand farewell, and after giving up the night before the election sent emails heads of the Football Association, which urged them to vote against Blatter.

However, despite the provocative antics of journalists and announcement of the mortgaged in the voting bomb and Blatter wanted time to win over opposition to his re-election. He went to win over at least part of the votes  of Asia and Africa, traditionally vote for the current president of FIFA.

The elections had  Sepp Blatter with  a landslide victory with a crushing score, gaining 133 votes. His rival, Jordan’s Prince Ali, received only 73 votes. It did not help that provocations or calls just before the vote on the interrogations of some members of the FIFA Executive Committee.

“My colleagues told me today, as they were invited for questioning – that asked how they respond. What can you answer the question” Why do you voted for Russia? “. He said:”

Well, Russia, the world’s largest football country, has never held a World Cup. It had a brilliant application – a great heritage program, development – what’s the problem? ” says Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko.

Europe against Blatter re-election

Who is still afraid of U.S. pressure, it is hard to say. In European football – a clear split. So, the head of the French federation admitted he voted against the wishes of his countryman Platini. He voted for Blatter and does not hide it.

Besides himself Blatter said that the famous German football player Frans Beckenbauer even quarreled with the head of the Football Federation of Germany.

He called to vote for the Jordanian prince. However, the German Football Union deny this, but its leader Wolfgang Nirsbah reported that the venue of the World Cup 2018 will not change.

“The most important decision that we have adopted: in regard to the next world championships, everything remains as before. Europe 2018 will 13 teams championship, plus the host country  Russia”,  he said.

At the same time, from the FIFA Executive Committee representative of England came calling to boycott the next World Cup, which England fans are waiting with impatience. Boycott because it will pass in Russia.

And the president of the Dutch Football Association, Michael van Praag has vowed to return to the question Blatter’s removal in a week.

“Our discussions with colleagues on June 6 will be the  Champions League finals. We have to somehow respond. I can not accept that it is necessary to leave everything as it is,” he said.

In turn, Sepp Blatter, has not backed down, despite all the threats and accusations from the principle of “Football is outside politics,” has received a congratulatory telegram from Vladimir Putin.

As pointedly as the Americans supported the exclusion from the Indonesian Federation Cup because soccer was there to interfere with the state. And at the same time he promised in the near future to take what he called “the surprise of many measures.”

Adding that the International Football Federation in 2016 invested $ 185 million to prepare for the World Cup in Russia.

Translation – Gazeta.ru.

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