Sanctions, bientôt les affaires sérieuses : Coupe du monde de Football 2018 et Grand prix de Formule 1 de Sotchi en octobre.
MH17: World Cup 2018 shouldn’t be held in Russia, says Nick Clegg | Western Daily Press
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The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that allowing the Football World Cup 2018 to go ahead in Russia was “unthinkable” - and Russia’s first F1 Grand Prix which is due to take place in Sochi in October should also be cancelled.
He said it was “unthinkable” at present that the tournament could go ahead in the country blamed by the West for supplying arms to the separatist rebels accused of causing the deaths of all 298 on board.
Without a change of course by president Vladimir Putin, Mr Clegg said it would make the world look “so weak and so insincere” in its condemnation of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and support for the rebels.
Football’s world governing body Fifa this week ruled out calls from some German politicians for Russia to be boycotted, insisting the tournament could be “a force for good”.