Infantino sits on fence over his old pal Putin
February 25 – Choosing his words carefully, FIFA president Gianni Infantino failed to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, instead saying his organisation was “very worried” about the escalating crisis.
Unlike his UEFA counterpart Aleksander Ceferin, Infantino was unwilling to lay the blame firmly at Russia’s doors, seemingly at pains not to fall out with the football authorities in the country that staged the 2018 World Cup.
As news of Russia invading Ukraine broke,
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