The International Football Federation (FIFA) has not granted permission to open official fan zones of the FIFA World Cup in the annexed Crimea to Russia. This was reported by the so-called "Minister of resorts and tourism" of the occupied peninsula Vadim Volchenko, Crimea reports.. Realities.
Volchenko said that the occupation authorities of Crimea applied to the FIFA structures for permission to publicly broadcast the World Cup, but did not receive a response. In fact, this is a ban on the official fan zones of the World Cup.
Arrange unofficial broadcast of the occupiers are afraid - this is subject to a number of penalties.
The FIFA website does not have an organization's position on fan zones in the Crimea.
The Football World Cup will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018.