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“We have kept all the procedures required during State selection process organizer. He was later conducted an audit, which did not detect any irregularities, “- said Valcke during a meeting in Samara with Russian organizing committee.
The opinion of the French activist FIFA confirmed the Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who stressed that all Russia’s actions were legal, for years no one had any objections.
“We acted openly, our offer has been recognized due to the professionalism and perfect preparation,” – said Mutko.
Valcke has since “affair slush” in the FIFA serious problems. June 2 newspaper “New York Times” wrote that it was he, the closest associate of the federation president Joseph Blatter, shed in 2008, $ 10 million to an account managed by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.
Official believes that “a transfer made by the Secretary General of FIFA’s account to an account controlled by Warner, is the central element disclosed last week scandal in FIFA, the largest sports organization in the world. “
Transfer, writes the daily was a” key element “of the indictment, which the US the prosecution has prepared against Warner, accusing him of having accepted $ 10 million bribe in exchange for his help in ensuring that South Africa will host a football World Cup in 2010.
After the publication of newspapers Valcke assured that he never dealt with transfers from the account of FIFA, such actions were not in his duties.
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