普京指責美起訴國際足聯官員是“插手海外”

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States on Thursday for its corruption indictment against officials from football's governing body, calling the case an attempt to spread its jurisdiction to other countries.

Mr. Putin said in televised comments that the U.S. is also trying to prevent the reelection of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. That vote is due to happen Friday with Blatter facing one opponent in his bid to win a fifth term.

Russia is hosting the next edition of FIFA's premier event, the World Cup, in 2018.

Mr. Putin's comments follow a similar message from Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, which called the case an "illegal extraterritorial application of American law."

There was no immediate U.S. reaction to Mr. Putin's remarks.

The awarding of the 2018 games to Russia is part of a Swiss investigation into allegations of mismanagement and money laundering.俄羅斯總統普京星期四批評美國對涉嫌腐敗的國際足聯官員提出起訴，稱美國企圖將司法權力範圍擴大到其他國家。

普京在電視上評論說， 美國還企圖阻止國際足聯主席布拉特連任。國際足聯定於星期五投票選舉下屆主席，布特拉競選第五個任期，而他目前只有一個對手。

俄羅斯將主辦2018年世界盃。

俄羅斯外交部星期三也表態稱，美國起訴涉嫌腐敗的國際足聯官員是將“美國法律非法使用於海外”。

美國還沒有對普京的態度做出直接回應。

這次瑞士調查國際足聯涉嫌管理不善和洗錢，俄羅斯獲得2018年世界盃主辦權也是調查的一部分。