“Nothing new happened to me.

That lawlessness with the removal of Russian football from the competition, which began a few months ago, continues, ”the Championship quotes Karpin.

However, the specialist hopes that the RFU will be able to defend in the courts the right of Russians to participate in international tournaments.

On April 2, UEFA excluded the Russian national team from the upcoming Nations League, and also decided not to allow Russian clubs to participate in European competition next season.

In addition, the youth team has been banned from participating in Euro 2023 among players under 21 years old, and the women's national team will not be able to play in the final part of the European championship in 2022 and in the qualification of the 2023 World Cup.

Among other things, UEFA rejected Russia's bids to host the 2028 and 2032 European Championships.

Earlier, the honorary president of the RFU, Vyacheslav Koloskov, said that there was nothing unexpected in the UEFA decision.