A former commentator on the Match TV propaganda channel criticized officials and deputies speculating on the integration of the occupation region into Russian football.

Utkin spoke about this on his YouTube channel.

The journalist noted that in this case, the Russian Federation is waiting for complete isolation from world sports No. 1.

" It will be easier. Then it will be possible for sure not to support ten or eleven or how many national teams we have, including women's, youth, girls' and mini-football and disabled. You can not support them, because we will be finally kicked out from everywhere and will never be taken again..

Moreover, it is quite obvious that this issue with political overtones is being raised by various influencers, why not speculate on this topic?

The barn burned down - burn the hut too,"

Let's add, on August 22, the leadership of the Football National League of Russia (FNL) created a working group to include Crimean teams in the championship.

Earlier it was said that the Crimean VSK (Simferopol), SKChF (Sevastopol) and Zhemchuzhina (Yalta) played in the Second League of Russian football in 2014. However, UEFA demanded that the RFU exclude them from its composition, not recognizing the peninsula as a territory of the Russian Federation.