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

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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