Former traitor footballer Tymoshchuk wins court case in Lausanne against UAF: what is known

Former Ukrainian national football player Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, who stated that he saw no difference between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples and called Russia's war against Ukraine a "special military operation," won a court case in Lausanne against the Ukrainian Football Association. The court ordered the UAF to lift sanctions against Tymoshchuk, which were imposed after the full-scale invasion for supporting the war. This was reported by Tribuna.com, according to UNN.

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According to the newspaper, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne upheld the appeal of former football player Anatoliy Tymoshchuk against the decision of the UAF disciplinary committee.

The court reasoned that between the beginning of the full-scale invasion and March 11, 2022, Tymoshchuk did not commit any actions that would have warranted such disciplinary sanctions.

"The UAF has indeed already received a decision from CAS. Unfortunately, the Europeans approached this case as formally as possible and confirmed a partial misunderstanding of the realities in which we live. The position of the Ukrainian football community is unequivocal and has never changed. People like Tymoshchuk have no place in Ukrainian football," the UAF responded.

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On March 11, 2022, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association decided to deprive Tymoshchuk of his Pro-level coaching license, state awards, honorary titles, all titles of winner and silver medalist of the Ukrainian Championship, the Ukrainian Cup, the Ukrainian Super Cup, to exclude Tymoshchuk from the official register of players of the UAF national teams, and to ban him from football activities in Ukraine for life.

In 2023, Tymoshchuk filed an appeal with CAS, and the case was heard in April 2024. The court has now overturned the decision of the Ukrainian football authorities.

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, a native of Lutsk, began his football career at the local Volyn team. Later, Tymoshchuk moved to Shakhtar Donetsk, where he played until 2007, after which he moved to Zenit St. Petersburg. From 2009 to 2013, he played for Bayern Munich, and later returned to Zenit. He finished his football career at Kazakh club Kairat, after which he got a job as an assistant coach at Zenit, where he still works.

After the full-scale invasion began, Tymoshchuk continued to work in Russia. At the beginning of the invasion, Tymoshchuk made a controversial statement, saying that Ukraine needed peace for the sake of parents and children.

Recently, Tymoshchuk joined a fundraiser at a Russian auction for the Kursk region.

In December 2022, Tymoshchuk gave an interview to the fan club of the Russian Zenit Fanproject, stating that he sees no difference between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples and calling Russia's war against Ukraine a "special military operation.

"I have lived here for many years, my children go to school here. I see no difference between the people of Ukraine and Russia. We have the same mindset and mentality. "Zenit is my home, I have no plans to leave. Those who say how bad I am, let them remember how many matches I played for the Ukrainian national team and how much I brought to it. The fact that I am silent about "my" does not mean that I support it or not. Everyone has their own position. Mine is that not everything is so clear, so I try not to talk about it," Tymoshchuk said at the time.

Also in December 2022, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution "on the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) to athletes from the Russian Federation and other states." According to the document, 55 Russian athletes and a Ukrainian, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, were sanctioned.

In January 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions, including on Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.