The Federation Council called the uniform of the Ukrainian national football team an unexpected advertisement of Crimea

On the form, in particular, there are outlines of the country with the Crimea in the composition.

Kovitidi noted the "unprecedented demand" for the Crimean resorts, adding that almost the entire hotel complex was booked until mid-October.

“An unexpected advertisement was the placement of the Crimean peninsula on the shirts of the Ukrainian national football team presented at the Euro 2020 European Championship.

This is an obvious popularization of the Republic of Crimea as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation at the height of the holiday season, ”the senator concluded. 

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the placement of Crimea on the uniform of the Ukrainian national football team as a desperate action.

Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.