Schalke 04's Roman Neustadter attends a news conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid March 17, 2014. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian president Vladimir Putin has given the green light for defender Roman Neustadter, who was born in Ukraine, to play for Russia at the Euro 2016 football finals by approving his passport.
Russia head coach Leonid Slutskiy had on Saturday included the Schalke 04 defender Neustadter, who has been living in Germany since he was a child and has played for Germany's youth teams, in his squad for next month's tournament in France.
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