NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian Sports Ministry says the UEFA executive committee has expressed its “full support” for suspended President Michel Platini.
Russian soccer union president Vitaly Mutko, who is also Russia’s sports minister and a member of the FIFA executive committee, is attending the meetings at UEFA headquarters.
In the statement, the Russian ministry says during the UEFA executive committee meeting “all members … expressed absolute trust and full support” for Platini.
Platini and FIFA President Sepp Blatter were suspended for 90 days last week by the FIFA ethics committee following an investigation into a 2011 payment to the former France captain. Both Blatter and Platini deny wrongdoing.
Pending the outcome of the FIFA investigation, the two soccer officials could be handed longer bans.
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