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Kick it out attacks russia over racism
World Cup hosts claim no racist incidents took place last season
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by Kadeem Simmonds

KICK It Out slammed Russian football authorities yesterday for burying their heads in the sand, after a report said that the Russian Football Union (RFU) did not detect a single incident of racism last season.

The report by European anti-discrimination group Fare and Russia-based Sova said that there were 89 racist and far-right incidents at Russian games in the 2016-17 season, slightly below the two previous seasons.

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