'Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a responsibility to act on Russia'
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* By Roger Pielke Jr 29 July 2014 Over the weekend, British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told the Sunday Times that Russia should be stripped of the 2018 World Cup. Clegg joins several senior German politicians in calling for the next World Cup to be moved as a sanction against Russia for its role in the continuing conflict in the Ukraine. The renewed calls for sanctions have been prompted by the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines 17 over eastern Ukraine, allegedly by Russian-supported Ukrainian separatists. Does FIFA have a responsibility to engage in global geopolitics? Its history and actions say yes. Yet FIFA's first reaction to calls for stripping Russia of the World Cup prompted FIFA on July 25th to issue a “
'Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a responsibility to act on Russia'
'Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a…
'Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a responsibility to act on Russia'
* By Roger Pielke Jr 29 July 2014 Over the weekend, British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told the Sunday Times that Russia should be stripped of the 2018 World Cup. Clegg joins several senior German politicians in calling for the next World Cup to be moved as a sanction against Russia for its role in the continuing conflict in the Ukraine. The renewed calls for sanctions have been prompted by the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines 17 over eastern Ukraine, allegedly by Russian-supported Ukrainian separatists. Does FIFA have a responsibility to engage in global geopolitics? Its history and actions say yes. Yet FIFA's first reaction to calls for stripping Russia of the World Cup prompted FIFA on July 25th to issue a “