SKY NewsChampions League final should not be held in Russia, says Liz Truss

[Thomas]

I get what your saying Thomas and fair play to those inside Russia who have seen through the propaganda . The withdrawal of sporting opportunity though hurts Putin . It removes his credibility as a world leader and would see greater numbers at protests .

As you say we can't rely on Sleepy Joe  or much from the UK for that matter , The EU are still working out what's going on though fair play to the Germans ,at least they have done something positive in stopping the pipe .

OK Putin doesnt need the people on side but it helps and removing sport  goes some way to make sure they are not .

I posted an article mate on the ukraine thread that shows the emptiness of sporting sanctions in the kevin mckenna herald article , and how we have been here before with the russians and how it had little to no effect.


In 1968, in Czechoslovakia when the Prague Spring was similarly dealt with by the Soviets and its eastern bloc allies there was more outrage and condemnation. This included UEFA imposing a punitive sporting sanction when they decided to rearrange the first round of fixtures in the European Cup to separate western clubs from eastern European ones. That'll learn them Soviets.

[johnofgwent]

Its all pretty irrelevant in the scale of whats happening but the governing bodies should just ban them from  competition .

With the access to money laundering the oligarchs on Putin's side have, few IOC UEFA or World Cup governing bodies will want to be nasty to a russian

[Streetwalker]

Russian F 1  Grand prix cancelled for this year 

[Streetwalker]

EUFA have confirmed Champions league final now in Paris , no international or European competition games to be played in either Russia or Ukraine till further notice . 

I believe Scotland were due to play in Ukraine in a World cup qualifier in July , that will now be played at a neutral venue . 

[Streetwalker]

Empty gesture though streetwalker , im reading on twitter european utilities are carrying on buying even more russian gas from gazprom over the coming days.

A week or so ago , russia signed a massive deal with the chinese to supply gas.

Surely by shutting them off , treating them like a leper we are merely making matters worse? There s a difference between the russian people and thir sporting teamns , and their governemnt.
Already aparently ther have been massive protests in russia itself against war?


Shouldnt we be opening up talks and trying to get them around the peace table and out of ukraine?

Having said that , with sleepy joe biden at the helm of the "west" , and his understudy , who im reliably informed is the worst politician in america picked for her race and sex rather than ability , i wont hold up much hope of intellect and diplomacy outweighing empty rhetoric.

I get what your saying Thomas and fair play to those inside Russia who have seen through the propaganda . The withdrawal of sporting opportunity though hurts Putin . It removes his credibility as a world leader and would see greater numbers at protests . 

As you say we cant rely on Sleepy Joe  or much from the UK for that matter , The EU are still working out what's going on though fair play to the Germans ,at least they have done something positive in stopping the pipe .

OK Putin doesnt need the people on side but it helps and removing sport  goes some way to make sure they are not . 

[Thomas]

I think it goes without saying that any sporting events will be in Russia will be removed and put on elsewhere . The governments of the world have to make Russia a no go zone ,throw every Russian in the World behind its borders and shut the door .

There is a World cup play off coming up Russia v Poland  . The Poles have already said they will not compete in Russia . Its all pretty irrelevant in the scale of whats happening but the governing bodies should just ban them from  competition .

Empty gesture though streetwalker , im reading on twitter european utilities are carrying on buying even more russian gas from gazprom over the coming days.

A week or so ago , russia signed a massive deal with the chinese to supply gas.

Surely by shutting them off , treating them like a leper we are merely making matters worse? There s a difference between the russian people and thir sporting teamns , and their governemnt.
Already aparently ther have been massive protests in russia itself against war?


Shouldnt we be opening up talks and trying to get them around the peace table and out of ukraine?

Having said that , with sleepy joe biden at the helm of the "west" , and his understudy , who im reliably informed is the worst politician in america picked for her race and sex rather than ability , i wont hold up much hope of intellect and diplomacy outweighing empty rhetoric.

[Streetwalker]

I think it goes without saying that any sporting events will be in Russia will be removed and put on elsewhere . The governments of the world have to make Russia a no go zone ,throw every Russian in the World behind its borders and shut the door .

There is a World cup play off coming up Russia v Poland  . The Poles have already said they will not compete in Russia . Its all pretty irrelevant in the scale of whats happening but the governing bodies should just ban them from  competition .

[GBNews]

Champions League final should not be held in Russia, says Liz Truss

This year's Champions League final should not be held in Russia following Vladimir Putin's actions over Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has told Sky News.

Source: Champions League final should not be held in Russia, says Liz Truss