Today, March 31, the International Football Association (FIFA) in Qatar held a meeting of the 72nd Congress of the organization. It was expected that it would decide on cooperation with the Russian Football Union (RFU), but this did not happen..

The question of suspending Russia's membership in FIFA, or its complete exclusion from the organization, was not considered during today's congress.

Most votes suspend Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Kenya from FIFA.

Also, following the results of the 72nd FIFA Congress, it was decided to recognize the Russian language as one of the official languages \u200b\u200bof the organization..

Other official FIFA languages \u200b\u200bare English, Spanish, French and German.

Subsequently, FIFA President Gianni Infantino explained why the issue of excluding the Russian Football Union (RFU) from the organization was not considered during the 72nd Congress of the International Football Federation.

" If we don't bring people together during our conventions, then we'd better stop our activities and go home.. I can only call on the leaders for dialogue and de-escalation of the conflict,"