China News Service Client, Beijing, April 1 (Liu Xingchen) According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on March 31, local time, at the FIFA Congress held in Qatar, it was voted that Russian would become the official language of FIFA. one.
In recent times, some Western countries are preventing letters such as "Z, V, O" from appearing in public because they may represent support for Russia.
The emergence of such news "partnership" has aroused heated discussions among netizens.
Screenshot of Russia Today website.
Before that, FIFA's official languages included English, Spanish, French and German.
According to the Russia Today website, 191 of the 208 FIFA members eligible to vote this time participated in the vote, with a ratio of 187 to 4.
In addition to Russian, Arabic and Portuguese were also voted on.
According to reports, that day's FIFA Congress did not discuss the issue of removing the Russian Football Association from the FIFA membership.
FIFA has previously banned Russia from participating in the World Qualifiers, resulting in the Russian men's football team missing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar ahead of schedule, and the Russian women's football team will also miss the UEFA European Championships in England this summer.
At a press conference on the same day, FIFA President Infantino said that removing the Russian Football Association from FIFA was not an easy decision, because it was related to people who love football.
"I very much hope that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end, but removing the Russian Football Federation is not a good choice."
Data map: FIFA President Infantino.
In fact, it is quite normal for FIFA to increase the official language. The reason why it has attracted the attention of netizens is mainly because the two elements of "Russia" and "language" have been added together recently, and the relevant news content is Some are "unexpected".
According to media reports, in order to boycott Russia, Latvia announced a ban on the display of the letters "Z" and "V".
This is because, since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the letters "Z" and "V" have been used as symbols of support for the Russian army.
In order to express support for Ukraine, a lawmaker in Latvia launched a proposal to ban the display of the two letters in public places in the country, in order to resist domestic support for Russian military operations.
Subsequently, the proposal was declared approved in a parliamentary vote.
Data map: On March 29, local time, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations launched a new round of face-to-face negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey.
The picture shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking before the talks.
What's more, according to the World Wide Web report, a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry said that individuals who display the letter "Z" in Germany to show support for Russia in the Russia-Ukraine conflict may be prosecuted...
This phenomenon of "the changes in the international political situation have caused the alphabet to suffer" has aroused heated discussions among netizens.
Image source: Screenshot of Weibo comment.
In response to the news that letters such as "Z, V, O" were "sanctioned", many Chinese netizens did not understand this behavior and thought it was unreasonable.
In the eyes of everyone, such a form of "sanction" cannot solve the problem at the root, but will cause even more trouble.
Image source: Screenshot of Weibo comment.
Image source: Screenshot of Weibo comment.
Many foreign netizens expressed support for the move to list Russian as one of the official languages of FIFA.
Some netizens said, "Russia, as the largest country by far, should have this (official language) in FIFA before."
Image source: Screenshot of comments on the Russia Today website.
At the same time that the English alphabet was "expelled" by some Western countries, Russian became one of the official languages of FIFA, and the vast majority of FIFA members voted in favor of it.
This phenomenon is really interesting.
As FIFA President Gianni Infantino said, it is hoped that the conflict will end soon.
"We'll be back there to play football on the first day, because I think that's what this country (Russia) needs." (End)