Russia calls FIFA probe an 'illegal' application of U.S. laws


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 May 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the arrests of officials with the soccer governing body FIFA appeared to be an illegal attempt by the United States to impose its laws on foreign states.

"Without going into details about the charges that have been brought up, we point to the fact that this is another case of the illegal extraterritorial application of U.S. laws," the ministry said in a statement on its web site.

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