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FIFA Confirms Russia Will Be Stripped Of 2018 World Cup If "Evidence Of Bribery" Emerges

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Ten days ago, when the FIFA scandal broke out, it took just a few hours to figure out what the US DOJ's motive was. The answer was simple: stripping the 2018 (and 2022) World Cup hosts, i.e., Russia (and to a lesser extent Qatar), of their respective hosting venues, and long before the Blatter's resigned we said:

What happens next? Sepp Blatter's reelection this coming Friday, which until yesterday had been guaranteed, is now virtually assured to fail as Putin's frontman at FIFA is shown the door.

 

What else likely happens? Following some dramatic procedural changes, Russia loses the hosting of the 2018 World Cup.

And moments after Blatter's unexpected resignation we doubled down:

One day later, we learned that as the FIFA corruption scandal kept growing, the jaws surrounding Russia started to close following a report thatthe FBI had launched a probe into the Russia 2018 World Cup award.

There was just one thing missing: someone at FIFA admitting that the necessary and sufficient condition for Russia (if not so much Clinton Foundation donor Qatar) to be stripped of their hosting rights, would be evidence of bribery during the selection process. Which would be a low threshold indeed: if the past two weeks have confirmed it is that every single World Cup award stretching all the way back to France in 1998 and likely prior (such as the US in 1994) was as a result of illegal back-room dealings.

Today, the last missing piece finally fell into place, after Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFA's audit and compliance committee, told a Swiss newspaper that Russia and Qatar could be stripped of their World Cup hosting rights if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding process. From Reuters:

"If evidence should emerge that the awards to Qatar and Russia only came about thanks to bought votes, then the awards could be invalidated," Scala told SonntagsZeitung in an interview published on Sunday.

 

"This evidence has not yet been brought forth."

It shortly will be, even as both countries - as expected - have denied wrongdoing in the conduct of their bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, which were not the subject of charges announced by U.S. prosecutors last week against FIFA officials.

Ironically, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he supported Qatar hosting the 2022 tournament but said Britain would work with another country if FIFA re-opened the bidding process.

Perhaps the Clinton foundation will merely refund the Qatar "proceeds" if the Mid-east nation is stripped of its hosting rights. Or perhaps the US will simply make it up by "accidentally" blowing up Bashar al Assad's home and ending once and for all the last hurdle to launching the Qatari natgas pipeline to Europe (in the process, the US also successfully isolating Gazprom as Europe's sole outside energy provider).

For Russia, the fate of Assad and Syria is a booby-trapped bridge it will have not choice but to cross eventually. But as for the fate of the Russian 2018 World Cup, the irony is that by forcibly stripping Putin of hosting rights, it will do Russia not one favor but two as we explained on Thursday:

  • first, Putin will save billions in funds for far better uses (the IRR on mass sport spectacles is terrible), and avoid the bottomless pit that is building if not bridges, then surely road, to nowhere and stadiums that will be used once only to become grazing grounds for sheep in the years to come.
  • more importantly, for a country fanned by nationalistic fervor, Putin will be able to wave the patriotic flag and slam the evil USA for not only meddling in other people's affairs, but taking away what was rightfully Russia's, thereby boosting his nationalism-inspired popularity to even greater heights.

Or, to loosely paraphrase Hans Gruber, "You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the DOJ."

 

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Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:37 | 6172974 holdbuysell
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Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:03 | 6173033 Stackers
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Of course there was bribery. You can't get a World Cup or Olympics contract without bribing lots of people,

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:06 | 6173040 usednabused
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And next they demanded that any politician found to be taking bribes would lose their position. /S

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:22 | 6173077 Latina Lover
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Oh, Bribery will be found, you can bet on it! Even if the Russians and Quatari were innocent, they still would be framed by the USSA. 

The USSA attack on FIFA is an attempt to  deny Russia the Cup while hijacking the organization to steal its resources and propaganda reach. FIFA is one of the few global organizations not controlled by the banksters.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:23 | 6173078 Sandmann
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IOC next....find out how Britain got the Olympics in 2012

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:26 | 6173087 philipat
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Qatar is safe because they donated to The Clinton Foundation....

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:34 | 6173101 TruthInSunshine
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Chinese economy CRASHING in real time (and however bad the "official" numbers reported are, multiply by 2x or 3x to get closer to truth):

http://portal.ransquawk.com/headlines/china-imports-may-y-y-18-1-vs-exp-...

News Headline Summary
China Imports (May) Y/Y -18.1% vs Exp. -9.6% (Prev. -16.1%); Exports (May) Y/Y -2.8% vs Exp. -4.0% (Prev. -6.2%)
- Chinese Trade Balance (CNY) (May) M/M 366.8bln vs Exp. 245.15bln (Prev. 210.21bln).

- Chinese Trade Balance (USD)(Apr) M/M 59.49bln vs. Exp. 44.80bln (Prev. 34.13bln)

Reaction details (03:07)

- AUD/USD saw a knee jerk reaction initially spiking higher by 16 pips from 0.7625 to 0.7642 on the exports reading, before before pairing the entire move on the imports reading. 

- In the following 2 minutes, AUD/USD fell 15 pips from 0.7625 to 0.7610. 

08 Jun 2015 - 03:01 - Forex - Source: CCTV

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:29 | 6173191 y3maxx
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...Bill Clinton will be announced as new FIFA president....thus assuring Hitlery as next USSA President.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:33 | 6173303 TruthInSunshine
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http://portal.ransquawk.com/headlines/shanghai-new-home-sales-falls-37-4...

News Headline Summary

Shanghai new home sales falls 37.47% W/W and average home sales falls 2.64% W/W according to Uwin
08 Jun 2015 - 04:49 - Forex - Source: BBG

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 01:31 | 6173356 Four chan
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which is more crooked a process fifa or the olympic bid process...mitt romney anyone? 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:17 | 6173397 Wolferl
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Let the Russians have the world cup 2018. It´s just sport after all.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:56 | 6173412 Supernova Born
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Take the stadium construction funds and build the Kerch Strait Bridge to Crimea.

Have it open on the first day of the World Cup.

 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 03:07 | 6173421 cookie nookie
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Obama really reemed Putin.  Obama's a tough guy.  I wouldn't mess with him.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 03:53 | 6173447 cnmcdee
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Seriously?!!  Qatar is killing  4 immigrant workers a day, and they a 'concerned' that there were bribes?

Would the FBI investigate if Walmart shot a couple till staff every random third day?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:01 | 6173477 Sandmann
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Qatar OWNS Deutsche Bank and no doubt knows it has a Derivatives Suicide Bomb to show Obama and Merkel and Cameron and Hollande

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:21 | 6173459 Mentaliusanything
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You, the junk food American who likes in Korea. I have your Doctors report... Your going to die of a Cardiac infarction Next Tuesday at 11.02am while sitting on the shitter. The trouble starts later, after your bagged and zipped. You have so many aliases that they have no alternative but to name you "Large John Doe" on the Toe

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:00 | 6173476 Anasteus
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Obama's not a guy, he's a puppet.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:03 | 6173480 Sandmann
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moments_with_Mr._Lincoln#Current_version

 

and I thought Abe had the technology not Obo One

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:53 | 6174232 Ward cleaver
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You forgot the sarc tag

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:57 | 6174242 TheGreatRecovery
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REGARDING PAUL:  I don't care what Paul wrote.  Paul was not an apostle.  Before Paul's alleged temporary blinding, he spent his time killing militant Jewish nationalists.  After Paul's alleged temporary blinding, he spent his time trying to twist their message from militant nationalism to "peaceful" subservience.  When Peter (who, of course, knew Jesus personally) and Paul (who did not) were both in Rome, they were continually fighting one another.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:13 | 6173393 Max Steel
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another west press meme believer . whatever helps you sleep mate .

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:48 | 6173409 Paveway IV
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"...Qatar is safe because they donated to The Clinton Foundation...."

That makes sense. And Tyler's

"...Or perhaps the US will simply make it up by "accidentally" blowing up Bashar al Assad's home and ending once and for all the last hurdle to launching the Qatari natgas pipeline to Europe (in the process, the US also successfully isolating Gazprom as Europe's sole outside energy provider)..."

well THAT makes sense.

But that means Israel will somehow have to have Qatar an their evil pipeline destroyed after it's built. Israel's Leviathan gas alone IS GOING TO EUROPE and nobody - Qatar and Russia included - is going to fuck with Israeli profits from their future EU gas monopoly. Taking out Assad just means the Israelis can take over the Arab Gas pipeline and not build their own across the Mediterranean Sea floor. That would be expensive as hell, you anti-Semitic profit-draining bastards!

No wonder Nettanyahu is so butt-hurt by the boycott-divest-sanction movement. Imagine if he piped Leviathan gas to Europe and nobody wanted to by it from an apartheid, fascist state. Nettanyahu would go full-retard (I mean, even more than he is now).

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:13 | 6173484 HowdyDoody
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If Europe thought relying on Russia alone for energy was difficult, wait until Israel replaces Russia. Who owns you now, baby?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:25 | 6174144 JR
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Will the gifts to Israel from the United States never stop? The latest extra help can be analyzed from the major news coverage of the arrests of officials with the world soccer federation, FIFA, on corruption charges.

How is Israel connected? Philip Giraldi explains:

“The answer, at least for the timing of the arrests, might just be Israel.

“The Palestinian Football Association had previously called for a vote to suspend Israel from FIFA because Israeli teams routinely play in the occupied West Bank while the Israeli government both harasses and restricts the movements of Palestinian players between the West Bank and Gaza as well as to international matches. The suspension vote requires a 75% majority of the 209 FIFA members and it would have devastating impact in Israel, somewhat similar to what happened when South Africa was suspended from most international sporting activity due to its apartheid laws. Benjamin Netanyahu recognized the danger and vowed to resist any such moves very aggressively even if it would lead to the destruction of FIFA. Preceding the FIFA arrests, it was considered quite possible that the Palestinian appeal would be successful.

“So was it just a coincidence that three days before the Palestinian vote the U.S. government ordered the Swiss police to raid the hotel where the FIFA functionaries were staying to make arrests on corruption charges going back more than twenty years? And how was it that reporters and photographers from the New York Times appeared in the hotel lobby at dawn to record the incident in real time? Was the timing and media coverage intended to delay or cancel the vote? If that was the intention, it succeeded as the Palestinians came under intense pressure at last Friday’s chaotic FIFA meeting and withdrew their motion, delighting Netanyahu .

http://www.unz.com/article/keep-your-eye-on-the-camel/

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 11:49 | 6174436 Paveway IV
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"...Will the gifts to Israel from the United States never stop?..."

Ten years ago, I though, "Christ Almighty - this can't go on more than another year or two!" <== why Stratfor won't hire me - I'm stoopid.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:35 | 6173464 SmittyinLA
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You're only safe while* you donate to the Clinton foundation

* Unless somebody donates more, or covets you're  stuff, in which case all bets are off, Gaddafi was probably a donor.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:55 | 6174240 Oh regional Indian
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Libyan's got the short end of the stick.

Gaddafi is on some island....with Saddam...

 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:01 | 6173507 Mountainview
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In a game a whistle blow of the referee can decide over millions of $ (France-Ireland in 2009), and can't be contested, how can you talk about bribery? Cheating is everywhere in football, from players simulating to match fixing by common arrangement (Austria-Germany in the World cup in Spain). So either stop the game or US law stay at home and care about your own sports events (boxing, tennis and your different ball games).

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:39 | 6173597 conscious being
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Cheating is everywhere in US politics. What are "campaign contributions" if not out and out bribes? The pol gets to keep whatever leftover balance exists when he retires. As the amount builds over the years the pressure on the pol to toe the line grows or his/her monster bribe stash, I mean left over campaign contribution stash might get FIFA'd and be taken away. Did Rep. James Traficant get to keep his?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 12:05 | 6174514 mtl4
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FIFA's first mistake was to have any offices in the US at all........you can't carry on business as usual when setting yourself up go through the most corrupt justice system in the world. 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:01 | 6173252 reader2010
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According to the US Tax Code, every bribery is treated as "taxable income".

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:22 | 6173399 Wolferl
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Why not? And not declaring it to the IRS is a crime. That´s the way it should be.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:16 | 6173457 Mentaliusanything
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{According to the US Tax Code, every bribery is treated as "taxable income".}

Then why the Fuck is Hank Paulson not in Rikers

As to the above, anyone remember "weapons of mass Destruction"

You want evidence - we will fabricate it, bitches and if thats not enough we will start a War to prove it

Mission accomplished and still ongoing

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:10 | 6173041 knukles
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Oh, and child porn on every computer! 
Not to mention money laundering and whatever the ....
Never mind.

Wasn't there a song named "If"?
And of course, Qatar hasn't done anything wrong as a staunch ally in the War on Whatever It Is so we're not worried about that shit now, are we?

That'll show Putie who's boss.

Reminds me something about building Sand Castles

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:21 | 6173065 Son of Loki
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Bow to your Global Master, Siberians.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:21 | 6173517 3Wishes
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How much did the Clintons get?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:04 | 6174060 Fun Facts
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Evidence of bribery emerges every single day in the USA but they call it "lobbying" so that makes it ok.

Go figure.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:50 | 6173227 lunaticfringe
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TYLER!!! How long do we have to put up with these spammers? 

Can't you bounce them??? Fuck at least make em pay to advertise.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:06 | 6173263 Salah
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Dumbshit...don't you know they're secret messages in all that "spam" as you call it?  Shut up and be glad ZH is still free.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:52 | 6173010 Divine Wind
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Qatar?

In June?

During this period the average daytime high in most of Qatar exceeds 50 °C (120 °F), the average daily low temperatures not dropping below 30 °C (86 °F).

Either there were bribes, or FIFA leadership is insane.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:58 | 6173024 Spitzer
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they are buliding all air con'd stadiums. Serious.

 

Oil bubble ?

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:38 | 6173203 Jack Burton
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As I understand it, they are changing the timing of the games to avoid high summer. Or at least I thought I heard that. Can't confirm it for sure.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:56 | 6173243 Two Feet Studs Up
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World Cup Final 2022: December 18th.    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/19/football/world-cup-qatar/

 

Looks like no more - perhaps England to host 2022.  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3113870/Qatar-stripp...

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:25 | 6173462 blabam
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Fuck Qatar... Couldn't be happier if they lose it. Don't see Russia losing it really. Too little time. 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:29 | 6173299 Nexus789
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Not feasible. All they can do is play games at a cooler time. Will be a farce. 

Will be even hotter in the stands.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:08 | 6173049 booboo
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We like to call it lobbying over here in the states

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:30 | 6173094 rejected
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where?

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:41 | 6172981 pot_and_kettle
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So Russia may be losing the right to a prestigious money sink?

The horror.

* chortle *

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:59 | 6173028 Spitzer
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Im surprised Putin gets involved in this sh*t to this extent. Sure an F1 race or maybe the world cup but fuck the olympics Putin.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:40 | 6173213 Jack Burton
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National Pride over common sense. Just like Greece, they borrowed billions to host the Olympics, can't pay the money back and all the sites are roting away with homeless people seeking shelter. Olympics and World Cups are horrible for the peopel of the nation hosting, the elites enjoy it though, because they will force taxpers to fund it, and give the rich some tax breaks to boot.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:05 | 6173260 reader2010
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Olympics and World Cup are essentially for banking and corporate money-making and marketing. Fuck them. I don't watch others playing sports. Because I like playing sports myself instead.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:27 | 6173463 blabam
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Meh it all comes down to state prestige. Corporations can only profit because government officials want it in the first place. 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:31 | 6173590 Grumbleduke
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You should understand, that for the average Ivan winter sports is real sport. That's why they wanted the winter olympics so badly. Football? Not that important.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:59 | 6173475 Sandmann
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they never win the tournament........host nations usually do

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:45 | 6172982 Chuck Knoblauch
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Is this the best the house girls can do at the Obozo Plantation?

Victoria said fuck again.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:42 | 6172984 suteibu
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Corruption for me but not for thee.

*One may substitute any criminal activity for "corruption" in order to understand the nature of the US government.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:43 | 6172985 F0ster
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- Russia: The best revenge is to stay 'living well'

- USA: Soveriegn Debt / Economic Collapse

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:45 | 6172991 smokeey
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Aaaaannd....it's gone.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:46 | 6172993 BullyBearish
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Finally, Russia can stop wanting to "Be Like the West"...

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:50 | 6173004 The_Peeper
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The catalyst for WWIII

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:52 | 6173005 JustObserving
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Forget Sports: Geopolitics is Behind the FIFA Scandal As the War Against Russia Enters a New Front

The scandal and arrests that have taken place in 2015, however, have nothing to do with corruption and everything to do with geopolitics. Welcome to the soccer/football front! FIFA has become another arena for the multi-spectrum war being fought by the US and its allies against countries like Russia. The energy and currency wars are now being augmented by a behind the scenes war at FIFA. Joseph Blatter or Sepp is a casualty of this war.

As far back as 2005, Blatter has refused to get embroiled in Washington’s geopolitical chess game(s). Under him FIFA refused to surrender to the US Department of State’s demands that Iran’s team be blocked from participating in World Cup 2006 or demands that Palestine not be admitted into FIFA. FIFA’s geopolitical offenses, however, may have reached a tipping point.

FIFA’s consideration of Palestinian requests to suspend Israel, on the basis of Israeli sabotage and attacks against the Palestinian team, as item fifteen of the agenda of its 65th Congress could have been one of these offenses. Days before the 65th FIFA Congress was to take place, however, Blatter meet with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian quasi-dictator Mahmoud Abbas to reach some type of understanding. This may be the basis for the withdrawal of the Palestinian Football Association’s motion to suspend the Israeli Football Association from FIFA.

Not only were both the US and Britain upset that they were not awarded the statuses of hosting World Cup 2018 and World Cup 2022, but they have been pressuring FIFA against Russia. What may have led to Washington’s campaign to remove Blatter by organizing a coup inside FIFA against the FIFA boss was FIFA’s refusal to sanction Russia by getting on board with the US and EU program against Moscow.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/forget-sports-geopolitics-is-behind-the-fif...

 

Germany sold arms to Saudi Arabia to secure its vote for 2006 World Cup 

http://rt.com/news/265453-germany-corruption-arms-football/

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:43 | 6173221 Jack Burton
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All True. That is the real story behind it. Washington will control everyone or destroy them. I wonder when and if a back lash will ever develop to it.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:45 | 6173499 HenryHall
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Yes, Russia wins either way.

FIFA has been well known to be corrupt at every level for decades and does anyone really care? Of course not!

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:55 | 6173018 Spungo
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Who the hell cares? It is soccer. People stop playing that after elementary school. 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:05 | 6173037 samcontrol
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dumb fuck

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:11 | 6173271 Funny Money
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I really don't get the world's fascination with a bunch of sissies faking injuries and crying like bitches.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:15 | 6173279 Money Boo Boo
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Hockey players pretend not to be injured, soccer players pretend to be injured and Rugby players just laugh at them all......

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:13 | 6173558 samcontrol
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comparing fake soccer injuries and fake rugby injuries .... you are even a bigger dumb fuck.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:15 | 6173565 samcontrol
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did you see Lebron faking fouls last night..?

I really don't get this American fascination , that everything you are told, you do  or say is better than the rest of the planet.

lol.

 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:21 | 6173071 magnetosphere
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not entirely true.  girls keep on playing after that

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:21 | 6173073 RevIdahoSpud3
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Totally agree. I would watch dodge ball any day before watching soccer.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:30 | 6173092 NoDebt
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"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:59 | 6173146 pot_and_kettle
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I love the smell of queef in the morning

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:57 | 6173248 lunaticfringe
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My favorite all time line- followed by a big klunk to the forehead.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:57 | 6173022 Goldilocks
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Andres Cantor - The Famous Soccer Announcer in Action - GooooooooL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AMIrxx3gx8 (0:27)

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:42 | 6173219 Freddie
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Cantor? What kind of Latin name is that?

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 21:59 | 6173029 holdbuysell
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Somebody, somewhere is giggling at how stupid the sheople are to pay attention to these distractions.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:01 | 6173031 suteibu
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They will strike a deal with Qatar (Clinton, oil, the Sauds) but bring the hammer down on Russia. 

Big sigh of relief back in the (old) USSR.  You don't know how happy they are.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:44 | 6173223 Jack Burton
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Most likely true. Arabs and Washington are the best of friends. For some who don't know, Iran is Persian. Not at all Arab.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:06 | 6173039 Itch
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They already have the evidence in all likelihood, just setting up the move. Russia can more or less call it a day.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:12 | 6173164 NoDebt
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Evidence is produced after the outcome is already determined in situations like these.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:27 | 6173188 suteibu
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To be sure, they are creating it now.

What will it be...YouTube video, fuzzy satellite imagery from a private contractor, expert testimony from Sid Blumenthal,  or a Swedish hooker who claimed Putin talked about the bribes to distract her while he took off his condom?

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:10 | 6173051 sunnyside
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You're probably correct in motive and end game, but accuracy matters.  The article title says Russia WILL be stripped if evidence, whereas the article and quote says "could be". 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:14 | 6173057 Niall Of The Ni...
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The House of Thani will be given the benefit of the doubt, and their World Cup. It'll be a fiasco, but it'll go ahead come hell, high water, or Mecca's surrender to the Islamic State.

The new standards of integrity will only be enforced against the Russians. If they aren't stripped of the Cup, they'll have it boycotted by most of Uncle Sugar's allies. Never mind that Russia organized more mass games in Soviet times than most MSM hacks have had hot dinners, and didn't need to bribe anybody to convince anybody that they could pull it off.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:14 | 6173058 Peter Pan
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Will the US be stripped of its position on the United Nations Council if evidence is discovered that it is funding ISIS, arranged the bombing of the twin towers, knew that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, has overthrown democratically elected governments etc etc etc.??

Thought not.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:51 | 6173130 Atomizer
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Peter Pan, the UN is apart of the grand scheme. So is the World Bank, BIS, and Trilateral Commission.  Don't forget the Club of Rome. 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 04:40 | 6173468 Peter Pan
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Exactly, so imagine the justice of being thrown out of your own club.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:14 | 6173059 Aquarius
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Says it all really:

http://verbewarp.blogspot.com.au/2006/03/warning-to-east.html

and independently:

"And so they continue to repeat their failures, from bubble to crash to bubble, stretching the fabric of society to hide their terrible errors, to blind themselves as they teeter towards the abyss."

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/gold-daily-and-silve...

volatility /on

 

Ho hum

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:22 | 6173076 Sandmann
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Qatar OWNS Britain and probably funds Hammond's parthy through the offshore River Companies set up to hide contributions. Britain rents itself to Qatar in Syria, Libya.....

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:30 | 6173091 silverer
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The evidence manufacturing team of .gov is almost ready.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:41 | 6173111 rejected
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This is the best the ussa can do to stop the impaler Vlad? The ussa is investigating foreign fraud, now there's a good laugh,,, plenty back home fbi boys. Hint: Anywhere inside the beltway!

Note to President Putin: Need to drop a few more pieces of evidence who shot down that Malaysian airliner. Maybe a tidbit or two of the ussa 911 demolition derby.

 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:42 | 6173115 Atomizer
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Oh noes, another pulitzer prize yanked. The good newz, we have MTV plowing new freak awards. 

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/

/LMAO. 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 22:43 | 6173117 Chad_the_short_...
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RUSL puts anyone?

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:33 | 6173192 Jack Burton
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Like I said over 2 years ago, the USA has declared an all out war on Russia, no matter in what field, the USA is hell bent on total destruction. You haven't seen anything yet. Ukraine was a first step. The World Cup arrests were only done as a means to strip Russia of 2018. There has been bribery for every Olympics and every World Cup in living memory. Why did the USA act now, after all the other cups? Well, obvious. The Washington elites have only got about 5 years to totally destroy Russia. Washington knows the clock is ticking on the US economy, it is like a terminal cancer patient. When the fiscal crisis hits, the USA wants Russia long since dead or colonized by western corporations. Russia has only two choices, surrrender and allow the USA to run their nation as a client using puppet leaders and western corporate resource stripping, or fight. It is for that reason that many Russian insiders are convinced they will be forced to fight a major defensive war inside the next couple years. Right now they are trying to buy time to prepare.

None of this needs to happen. It is Washington that is pushing this agenda. It seems they are "all in." 

World Cup is just part of the public relations war.

Won't it be funny if Russia is stripped and the USA gets the World Cup or the UK. The UK has already said they stand ready to host the games. Ha! No kidding.

 

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:38 | 6173205 suteibu
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While I agree, the onus is on the US to outright win.  They desperately need those Russian resources in order to salvage the economy for a few more decades. The clock is ticking for the US.

All Russia needs is a draw whereby they retain control over their natural resources.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:49 | 6173229 Jack Burton
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Two things Washington needs quickly. Control over Russia, or it's total ruin. They also want a dependent and economic wreck of an EU. What I mean is a repeat of the situation in 1945, where both Russia and all Europe were in ruin with the USA totally untoched. I think they seek a return to 1945!

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:56 | 6173246 suteibu
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Somewhere in the bowels of the Pentagon, I am sure there are already plans drawn for Camp Kissinger in Vladivostok.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 01:31 | 6173357 Flybyknight
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Correct. The surprising thing is how weak and subservient  the Europeans are. With Washington  poodles governing  in Canada Australia UK NZ Germany Poland and probably others I wonder if the NSA has found a way of rigging elections.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:20 | 6173516 Bioscale
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Europe is weak due to having the fucking EU, without it the national states would have much more flexibility to act and respond to the US scam. I guess this was the main point of having one central government in Europe that will be controlled by UK and USA.

Most of people in Europe do not like things US has been doing for a decade at least..Brusels is the last hope for banksters in City and NY.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:58 | 6173637 conscious being
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Flybyknight - I wonder if the NSA, in their mass data sweeps has found a way to blackmail this or that leader? In that case, elections become pretty much irrelevant. A pol without enough dirty little secrets gets weeded out early. Procedural problems, lack of access to bankster scrillo, etc. Only the disgusting creeps like Dennis Hastert get through and soar to the top.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:48 | 6173323 Miketheterrible
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NATO won't be able to do much.  If the US decides to actually go to war in Russia, all Russia needs to do is strike Germany real hard and real fast (long range missiles which Russia has and builds pretty quickly will get the job done) and NATO's main supply line is dead.  Only thing is the USA.  And everyone knows that defences eventually fail and their boats will sink.  All depends on how many missiles Russia has in inventory vs how many US has onboard a ship, and how accurate their defences are against subsonic and supersonic missiles (Klub, Kalibur, Onyx, Yakhont, etc).  And Russia is swimming in Bashtion systems nad Bal-E as well.

What I am getting at is, this war wouldn't last very long.  It would just mean either total destruction of us and them, or someone deciding to call mercy for the sake of mankind.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 01:49 | 6173375 Kirk2NCC1701
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Riiiight.  Won't London/City love it, if Germany/Frankfurt are wasted, again. 

Nah, you need to take out Brussels and London.  Especially the latter. And most certainly DC's Overlords in the ME.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:40 | 6173599 HowdyDoody
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Russia's publicly stated defense strategy involves the use of tactical nukes to defend its country against aggression. What happens next is up to the US. The Russians know that the Anglo-Zionists are responsible for this, so if there is no back-off then goodbye London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Tel Aviv, Washington etc. The Russians do not make threats, idle or otherwise. They carry out prepared actions.

The US main hope is for regime change or economic collapse. The Russians have signed a 30 year deal for energy with China, outside the USD. The China-Rusia-etc system is based on mutual currency holdings backed by assets (energy / products) which should be more stable than the USD monopoly.

Regarding regoime change, Navalny, the most prominent Russian 'Liberal Opposition' figure, held a rally with permits for 5000 people. 200 turned up on the day. The real opposition is the Communist party, not the western bought and paid for stooges.

The US may have gained an opening in Turkey with the recent trouncing of Erdogan. Their man, the Kurdish Liberal leader, may be en route to replacing Erdogan, in which case Turk Stream may be blocked. However, that would hit Turkey hard as well, as they rely on Russian energy themselves. I suppose they would feel happy with Israel having a monopoly supply from the Levitan field. This is the ultimate end game behind the destruction of Syria - creation of a pipeline (ideally at Qatar's expense) from Israel to Turkey / Europe. I suspect 'the hidden hand' of 'the market' would then act to greatly increase costs to say $250 a barrel, as planned in the Herzliya 2012 conference.

Tue, 06/09/2015 - 00:18 | 6177312 SmittyinLA
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Not war on "Russia" but war on national sovereignty , the only "rights" of states in the NWO is the right to acquire debt and dump it on your captive citizens.(sans Israel whom are exempt)

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:36 | 6173201 q99x2
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YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaa more money to fight the NWO.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:39 | 6173212 TheFourthStoog-ing
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Vlad will also receive a well-deserved paddling.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 09:18 | 6173882 farflungstar
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By you and Liberace.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:47 | 6173224 Jack Burton
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Lavrov recently made a speech that Russia was no longer going to accept the Washington "Double Standard" in all things. So I expect Russia knew this was coming. They will be working hard for some way to respond. Lavrov makes it a point never to threaten anyone. He only speaks if he has a hand to play. I do not know what cards Lavrov has, but he never bluffs and never threatens mindlessly.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:28 | 6173297 Hope Copy
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As a true statesman should.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:50 | 6173233 Kkarpilov
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I do want to see honesty and decency from FIFA.
But this is a rottten investigation.
The only business of DOJ to investigate
World Cup in US and Germany.

Sun, 06/07/2015 - 23:56 | 6173247 Kkarpilov
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At least 20 percent of bankster IT run by Russians.
The question who will they side with it, when push come to shove.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:05 | 6173259 Jorgen
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"At least 20 percent of bankster IT run by Russians. The question who will they side with it, when push come to shove."

At least 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Russians. The question who will they side with it, when push come to shove.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:41 | 6173601 Niall Of The Ni...
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Russia. Obviously. 

The banksters who give Uncle Sugar his marching orders are the same ones who paid Hitler to send Europe's Jews to the gas chambers. The Russians were the ones who liberated Auschwitz. The only true friend the Jews have in the world.

Until the day Israel joins Putin she will never know peace.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:07 | 6173265 Tasty Sandwich
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Soccer is gay.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:22 | 6173288 GoldenDonuts
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It isn't hockey

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:02 | 6173386 Kirk2NCC1701
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LOL.  As opposed to Football, or Baseball. 

Especially Baseball, with its... Batters, Fouls, Fair Balls, Fair Catches, Outs, 'Relieving' the Pitcher, Home Run (you 'run home'), Delay of game because of rain... Totally  G A Y.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:23 | 6173400 DutchBoy2015
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As opposed to American football where a bunch of closet homos run 10 yds and full padding and pat each other on the ass.

It should be called  Crotchball.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:09 | 6173267 squid
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Anyone suspicious of the timing on this?

 

Lets see, what is the statute of limitations for racketeering, embezzlement and fraud in the USA?

How do those limitation dates correlate with the 1994 world cup?

 

I'll bet that will turn up a stinking barrel of fish,,,,

The DOJ does nothing until it knows the White Shoe Boys from the establishment involved with 1994 can't be touched.

 

Would that surprise me? Would it surprise you?

 

Cheers,

Squid

 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:31 | 6173305 Hope Copy
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Statutes don't run until it becomes a 'known' action.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:22 | 6173287 Hope Copy
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What?  It is a sanctions violation...  Lol

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:22 | 6173289 SmittyinLA
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If evidence of bribery is uncovered in NAFTA, CAFTA, and TPP will those treaties be dumped too?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:30 | 6173300 Hope Copy
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In your wildest dreams..  What else is going to prop up the US Federal Reserve?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:31 | 6173304 malek
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I'm still wondering about the curious little information about Switzerland's role in this dog and pony show.

How come Swiss police blindly follow US demands?
After those FIFA people have been taken into custody, what are Swiss' courts doing or not doing?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:33 | 6173311 Hope Copy
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Probably has to do with the past Swiss banking privacy laws the the courts have clobbered.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:32 | 6173306 Moccasin
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This is a backhanded win for Russia, the expense of the games is not worth the return in propaganda and prestige. The Russians will see the American government for what they are, bullies and hypocrites. The US extraterritorial fraud squad is getting tiresome and is a joke when they won't prosecute their own Wall Street fraudsters.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 08:03 | 6173643 conscious being
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Free Jon Corzine.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:33 | 6173309 georgesidi
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The other important factor is and i dont think the Americans have thought this far forward, if Russia is stripped of its right to hold the cup, how will Russia's allies take it or react. china, brazil argentina and the african countries, what happens if they come forward and support Russia and also threaten. It then becomes a whole new ball game.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:40 | 6173318 Miketheterrible
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Well, the benefit of the stadiums being built is that people get work and at least they have a large shiny building that could be used for other purposes.  Other than that, Russia could look towards working with BRICS or SCO or whomever on building some sort of yearly sport games much like the Universaid like that happened in Kazan not that long ago, and it actually brought profit as well as proper development in infrastructure in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

Outside of that, yeah, FIFA thing stinks to high heaven.  But whatever.  If Russia loses the bid because of all this, people are going to second guess the FIFA games.  And then maybe alternatives will show up and such.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 00:45 | 6173322 Global Observer
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It is funny that they would announce that they would invalidate the awards "if they find the evidence" of bribery. Is there some negotiation going on with Russia and finding "evidence of Russia bribing FIFA" the leverage the USA is holding? It doesn't make any sense otherwise to announce the consequences first and look for evidence later. If true that also shows the extent of the USA's desperation. If that is the only leverage the USA has, Russia would be a fool to give up whatever the USA is bargaining for. Even after Russia does that, FIFA could still go ahead and find "evidence" of Russia bribing FIFA.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:04 | 6173387 man of Wool
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Problem we have is that Morocco should of held the 2010 WC. They won the vote. To "change" the vote S.Africa had to pay $10 milion to Jack Warner to get the result altered. If South Africa could buy the WC for $10 million AFTER the vote what the hell happened at the "special vote" for the combined 2018 and 2022 votes before and after?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:23 | 6173401 falga
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Putin said it first as he very well knows it was bought... and this probably means we will have a war as the humiliation of taking away hosting rights will drill a hole in the psyche of all Russians

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:31 | 6173402 DutchBoy2015
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It ludicrious for the Useless Snakes to talk about bribery when bribery is actually NORMAL in US congress and even condoned by the US Supreme Court.  Ever hear of PACS and special interests.

Amazing how Congresspeople alll become millionaires for doing WHAT??

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:34 | 6173405 DutchBoy2015
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The UK already says they are ready to take over the World Cup from Russia.   So this was planned long ago to demonzie Russia furthur.

But actually I would laugh my ass off if half the countries boycotted the WC if it was given to the UK.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:57 | 6173413 henry chucho
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FIFA.."Our impartial investigation revealed that we may have accepted bribes from Russia,but now the USA has countered with a larger bribe,which we will use to prosecute the Russians to the fullest extent of international law"

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 02:59 | 6173415 DutchBoy2015
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Poor Russia, they aren't getting overrun by African refugees who fled their countries because of USA/NATO induced wars of aggression.

I hope the UK is totall overrun by those people and eventually collapses.

Vlad can sit back and laugh.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 03:23 | 6173432 Debugas
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good news - we will have two separate world cups in 2018

one in russia and one in uk

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 03:38 | 6173438 dreadnaught
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Sigh more bullcrap from professional pedophiles trying to discredit Russia

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:15 | 6173486 Yakhont
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Wishful thinking. The FIFA congress still has to vote on any possible decision to strip Russia and Qatar off the world cups. The US/UK hegemonic ogre simply doesn't have the votes to overturn such a monumental decision. Those votes are with Asia, Africa and South America, and they are not about to give up that power and revert to past Euro/US fascist dictatorship in global football politics. Indeed, the war has just started and the Anglozionist cabal will lose..that is inevitable. You can't win against 7 billion people

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:17 | 6173489 asfffasfff
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fifa 2018

MOST ANTICIPATED MATCH IS

germany vs russia

usa loose anyway - as always

 

a few jews win without participation, because they steal all the money - as always

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:28 | 6173493 Jack Daniels Esq
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USG hypocrites - all TBTF Bankstas in USA - $18T says so

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 05:30 | 6173494 Condor96
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http://albainternazionale.blogspot.it/2015/06/lungheria-apre-le-porte-al...

China, Hungary, cooperation, 

ONE ROAD etc ... 

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:03 | 6173505 Kina
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Russia-Asia-South America cup... Africa?

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Puru, Venz, China, Russia (Russia friedly states), Nigeria, Kenya etc .. would be interesting to see who China and Russia could get into a 'world' cup' of their own.

 

 

Could reduce the world cup to pretty much the European cup.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:20 | 6173572 samcontrol
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OMG>

CHILE  ..Russia friendly.>?

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:07 | 6173508 Kina
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And of course the USA would have paid huge bribes as well. lol

None of these guys miss out on being corrupt.

 

Could the USA please stay off the world stage for the next 6 months. Everybody is getting fucking sick of you stinking everything up with your geopolitical corrupt games.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 13:40 | 6175003 Bankster Kibble
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Well, the first investigation resulted in the arrest of an American, among a few other no-good-niks caught in the corruption investigation.  But we don't talk about that in the USA media.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:12 | 6173512 ross81
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what are the odds on Russia getting stripped but Qatar keeping it? Isn't Blatter's replacement meant to be some Jordanian prince? Fucking unreal.

 

Of course, there will be no future FBI 'investigations' of this nature (unless a BRICS member gets awarded another big tournament)

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 08:13 | 6173669 mog
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unless a BRICS member gets awarded another big tournament)

No more Olympics then for Greece - if they get very very lucky.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 06:15 | 6173514 Bioscale
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USA fucking up with football, fucking unbelievable, they even can't call it the right name, they had to name it soccer. Fuck.

Mon, 06/08/2015 - 07:21 | 6173577 samcontrol
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Some dipshit from Boston called it Soccerball the other day.

well,  poor thing he's from Boston.

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