FIFA is in a state of panic because of the increasing frequency of calls for a boycott of the World Cup in Russia, writes the Spanish sports edition AS.
"The organization holds official silence, but in private, some of its leaders acknowledge that the poisoning of Colonel Skripal was the last straw that filled the bowl. Tension reached the limit, "- said in a statement.
As the newspaper notes, the organization's president Gianni Infantino is not indifferent to what is happening, despite the fact that he hides it.
"The organization does not expect improvement of the situation, but on the contrary it is believed that hostile sentiments towards Russia from the world will intensify. And this puts the World Cup 2018 at risk, "the newspaper writes..
March 14, it became known that British ministers and members of the royal family will not go to the World Cup in 2018 in Russia in connection with the poisoning of the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal. Earlier, British Prime Minister Teresa May stated that the ministers of her cabinet may refuse to attend the 2018 World Cup, but not England's football team.
As the AS notes, in addition to the case of Skripal, the list of conflicts around Putin still includes wars in Ukraine and Syria, the annexation of the Crimea, as well as state doping.
Earlier it was reported that more than 20 Syrian organizations called on the countries of the world to consider the idea of ??boycotting the 2018 World Cup.
On March 4, the former Russian double agent Skripal and his daughter were unconscious on a bench in The Maltings Mall in Salisbury.
The violin with his daughter is still in intensive care in a critical condition.
On March 12, British Prime Minister Teresa Mei said that the Russian Federation is highly likely to be involved in the poisoning of ex-intelligence officer Skripal.
According to the prime minister, Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent developed in the USSR in the 1970s. May added that the development of this substance was carried out by the military in the framework of the program The Newcomer.
Source: HB.