The executive of the FFU complains of the hybrid war against FFU and the suspension of FIFA membership FIFA UA-Football

The Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine is obliged to declare that the hybrid information war against the FFU and its leaders, which began in spring 2018, continues until 39. ;nowadays. Its protests are separate statements, articles and media scenes frankly biased, which contain unjustified allegations against the organization. Unfortunately, customers of this campaign do not hesitate to manipulate the facts known to the world of football and politicians to achieve their goals.

For example, the recent outbreak of this hybrid information war was the call of the former president of Ukraine and the chairman of the supervisory board of FC "Dinamo Kyiv Leonid Makarovich Kravchuk to Acting Head of State, Petro Poroshenko, at the request " to understand the situation related to the activities of the Football Federation of Ukraine and to its leaders " .In addition, Leonid Kravchuk said that such a request was supported by dozens of well-known Ukrainian football fighters.At the same time, some of his personalities indicated by the that they had not signed this letter and that their signature could be falsified

It is obvious that the former head of State, under whose presidency the Football Federation of independent Ukraine was created, was misleading and no info the actual situation in the FFU and the possible consequences of his appeal to the President of Ukraine.

At the same time, we consider it necessary to recall that, in accordance with the FIFA Statute, each association carries on its activities independently and can not be prevented from doing so. influence, particularly political, nor of interference in the activities of third parties, including the State and the public authorities.

Violation of these requirements entails the immediate reaction of FIFA in the form of a suspension of membership in the FIFA association. and the disqualification of all associations and clubs of the association with the cancellation of all competitions organized under the auspices of FIFA.

There are examples of suspension of the membership of several national associations through various forms of direct or direct intervention. to the state for its activities: unlawful change of direction without transparent democratic elections, blocking access of management to management, blocking of organizations' accounts, introduction of the administration, prosecution of the State against associations, pressure from the state on possible corruption abuse and state threat to dissolve the current association and create

As a result, this is than in recent years due to the interference of the State and its influence on the activities of FIFA associations, the accession of Pakistan, Sudan, Ali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Kuwait

Football federations and football companies such as Spain, Greece, Nigeria, Ghana and Albania have been warned by FIFA of a possible suspension of their membership in FIFA if the state will not immediately put an end to any actio n concerning his interference in the affairs of football.

In reality, the corresponding negative experience is also part of the history of Ukrainian football. In particular, at the end of the year when the team of another former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, tried to impose methods and, unlike to the status of the FFU, to change the direction of the federation UEFA sent a warning on the inadmissibility of such acts. The aforementioned measures taken by the authorities at the time seriously threatened the loss of the right of Ukraine to play the matches of the last part of Euro 2012.

We therefore invite the President the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers to refrain from any action that FIFA may consider to be an influence or interference of the State in the activities of the Ukrainian Football Federation and may result in the suspension of the FFU's membership of FIFA with the automatic disqualification and withdrawal of all British teams and clubs ayiny from the competition, organized under the auspices of FIFA.

Ukrainian Football Federation is always open to dialogue with the media, the public, fans and authorities. The main priorities of the FFU's activities are the overall development of football among all segments of the population, as well as maximum transparency and social responsibility. The Executive Committee of the FFU, representing the Ukrainian football community, expresses its wholehearted support for the reform program implemented by the leaders of the Football Federation of Ukraine and supports all its initiatives aimed at renewing and develop Ukrainian football.