FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Confederations Cup 2017 official draw - Kazan, Russia - 26/11/16. Zvonimir Boban performs the drawing. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
(Reuters) - FIFA's lenient punishment for racist incidents is justified as entire countries cannot be punished for the actions of a "few idiots", the governing body's deputy secretary general Zvonimir Boban said ahead of the World Cup in Russia.
Hosts Russia were the most recent team to be penalised for racist chants by their supporters during a friendly against France in March but were fined a mere 30,000 Swiss francs (22,770 pounds) by FIFA in May.
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