Belarusian Foreign Ministry protests against detention of Vladimir Bazanov

1 декабря 2021
The Chairman of the Belarusian Football Federation returned to Belarus. The detention of Vladimir Bazanov by the Czech police made a lot of noise before the qualifying match between the women's teams of the Czech Republic and Belarus. As it turned out, Bazanov's detention and the cancellation of his visa were made upon a contrived excuse.  

In this regard, the Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the Czech Republic to Belarus, was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry today. The Belarusian side strongly protested to the official Prague in connection with the situation with Vladimir Bazanov in the territory of the Czech Republic on November 30. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry demanded the appropriate explanations from the Czech side. 

Much help in resolving the conflict was provided by the UEFA, which sided with the Chairman of the Belarusian Football Federation. We should add that the match Czech Republic - Belarus, which was postponed due to several positive tests for Covid-19 among the players of our team, will be held next June.