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“We have Presidents and Prime Ministers of Western nations looking for additional economic sanctions to further punish and isolate Russia. And, we have this opportunity standing right in front of us to have FIFA strip Russia of its 2018 World Cup hosting rights which is estimated to be worth $20 billion to that country. I can think of more than 100 countries that would be far more deserving of that $20 billion than Russia,” said Eugene Melnyk, Chairman of the Campaign Advisory Committee for United with Ukraine. “Russia has illegally invaded a sovereign nation, broken international laws and is orchestrating daily terrorist activities within Ukraine. I do not believe Anheuser Busch InBev, Visa, Kia and Sony are companies that want to align or associate their brands with Vladimir Putin and Russia. These global companies and their once loyal customers have an important principled choice to make.” The international campaign launched last month, initially targeting Anheuser Busch InBev. The campaign has a comprehensive website boycottputinnow which includes informative online videos to help highlight the hypocrisy of FIFA and its major corporate sponsors. The videos are available on the website in 12 different languages to help facilitate global awareness and to promote the hashtag #boycottputinnow through social media. Since its launch last month, the “Boycott Putin Now” campaign has received widespread media coverage in Canada, Europe and the United States. A sampling of the media coverage can be found on the campaign’s website. FIFA’s voting for the 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) World Cup hosting rights took place under the same process and only involved FIFA’s 24 member Executive Committee. United with Ukraine firmly believes this voting process was tainted with corruption. United with Ukraine is calling upon FIFA’s sponsors as well as governments of all 209 FIFA member nations to revoke these hosting rights and initiate a new, transparent selection process that includes human rights considerations as part of its voting protocol.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:11:52 +0000

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