Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize, says Vladimir Putin
Source: BBC
Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, says Russian president Vladimir Putin.
World football's governing body is engulfed in a corruption crisis, including an investigation into the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia.
"People like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition," said Putin."If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people."
Blatter announced he would be stepping down on 2 June following the arrest of seven Fifa officials as part of a United States investigation that saw 14 people indicted on corruption charges. A separate criminal investigation by Swiss authorities into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated is also under way.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33684831
Not The Onion.
You should hear my Irish brother-in-law go on about what a despicable human being Blatter is. It only figures that two of the most corrupt assholes the world would start a mutual admiration society.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)trillion
(1,859 posts)uhnope
(6,419 posts)and who orchestrated getting chemical weapons out of Syria without firing a shot? Pres. Obama well deserves the Nobel Prize
Cha
(297,304 posts)trillion
(1,859 posts)Big oil has paid for the nobel committee for a while now. May I suggest you watch DemocracyNow.org? They cover this every year.
Cha
(297,304 posts)T_i_B
(14,738 posts)Nitram
(22,813 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)True.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)/s.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)That is, Kerry and the others who all worked on the Iran deal. And supposing the U.S. Congress doesn't botch the deal.
u4ic
(17,101 posts)says Donald Trump.