Russia is suing FIFA and UEFA over the ban of Russian football: CAS lawsuit: what kind of appeal, when is the meeting
The only good thing that has happened since the end of February with national football is that FIFA did not put the issue of suspension of membership in Russia on the agenda of the Congress in Doha. If we happened to find ourselves in a long transport, and then went through a long and difficult process of returning to the world community.
Despite this rather positive fact, the future for the coming months (or maybe years) remains uncertain. It is not enough to undertake to predict how the fate of Russian football will turn out: at present it is completely dependent on unsportsmanlike events.
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At the same time, the RFU continues to fight – there are several lawsuits from the organization in CAS, which should take place in the near future.
Wait. But it was reported that CAS did not satisfy the question, and then some one else responded?
On March 7, the RFU filed an appeal with the CAS against the decision of FIFA and UEFA to remove the Russian national teams and clubs from participants in international competitions. There have also been concerns about fast track cases and the postponement of the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs to a later date. The court initially refused one, as FIFA and UEFA opposed, and then did not satisfy the feelings about the postponement of the play-offs. As a result, this question caused an answer, since the matches were played, and it has already lost its relevance.
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But there are two more appeals that now belong to CAS. Lawsuits – one against FIFA, the other against UEFA – are the main requirements of the RFU. A conversation about the admission of Russian national teams to consideration in all international matches under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA.
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They also wrote about some kind of lawsuit. What are we talking about?
As the sources of the “Championship”, the RFU presents two more lawsuits against FIFA and UEFA, respectively. Financial claims – we are talking about the budget of costs (this mainly concerns sponsorship agreements), as well as the suspension of payments for children and youth programs that were launched at the initiative of FIFA and UEFA and are regulated by previously signed programs.
So far they have not been submitted, but the RFU is preparing documents.
What are the dates for the meeting?
As a rule, CAS can make a decision in absentia, but the RFU insisted on most of the hearings (we are talking about appeals to UEFA and FIFA to ban Russia from participating in all international matches). As soon as this is considered today, the RFU already has the necessary documents, but there is no defendant yet, so the process is somewhat delayed. The meeting is expected to take place today at the end of April.
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And how is this process arranged?
Three judges: one for the collection of the RFU (already found), the second – FIFA and UEFA, the third – CAS. This is the normal procedure in the Appeals Division if the dispute is about a panel of three arbitrators.
At the same time, according to the source of the “Championship”, the judges are not going to examine the case of Russia because of the political situation. The arbitrators suggest that UEFA and FIFA had no reason to remove the team of international international organizations, but they may be pressured to dismiss the claims of the RFU.
As a rule, a single hearing is held, during which a group of arbitrators hears the parties, witnesses, experiments, and also concludes the oral arguments of the parties (the defendant in the discussion of the parties). In this case, we can only talk about those who were previously indicated in written evidence. After the end of listening, additional data is prohibited.
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What about the women’s Euro, the League of Nations, the youth European Championship?
Formally, we have been suspended, but there are still no decisions on who will replace us there. It was reported that for the women’s Euro, the decision should be in May, instead of the Russian team, an unnamed team is indicated on the official website. Also in June, three matches of the League of Nations (this is for the adult men’s team) should take place, the first – with Albania. In this country, they have already announced that they refuse to play with Russia, but there was no more news about the tournaments, and the team is not excluded from the events. The European Youth Championship will be held next year, so according to its specification, even less. In the qualifying matches, our team has already missed several matches, but so far maintenance has not been counted.