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Russia complains to UEFA over Ukraine’s football kit with map featuring Crimea

Ukraine’s football kit with map featuring Crimea causes outrage in Russia [PHOTO COURTESY]

Russia said on Wednesday it had complained to European football governing body UEFA over Ukraine's new national team shirt which is emblazoned with a map including Crimea and words from a military slogan.

Russia considers the peninsula part of its territory and annexed it in 2014, but Crimea remains internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.

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