Russia Want Investigation into Moon Landings in Response to FBI's FIFA Probe

Most of the world has been thanking the United States of America and, more specifically, the FBI for lifting the lid on alleged corruption within FIFA. 

Most, but not all.

It seems that some people in Russia, the country set to host the 2018 World Cup, are not happy that the legality of their successful bid is being called into question.

Vladimir Markin, who is spokesman for the Russian Federation Investigative Committee, believes another spotlight should fall on a historic moment from world history: the 1969 moon landing. 

In a newspaper column for Izvestia, relayed by Newsweek (via MSN), Markin said the FBI had "decided to declare themselves the supreme arbiters of international football" and called for a similar international investigation into the moon landing, which conspiracy theorists have argued could have been staged.

The original film of Neil Armstrong and company landing on the moon was deleted by NASA in 2009, and Markin wonders why.

He wrote: 

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There is only one thing that is even worse [than corruption]—when corrupt officials decide to "fight against corruption" with their corrupt aims.

We are not arguing that they did not fly [to the moon] and only shot a film. But all of these scientific—or perhaps cultural—artifacts are part of the legacy of humanity, and their disappearance without a trace is our common loss. An investigation will show [what has happened]. 

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Markin also said he wanted the 400-kilogram lunar rock the astronauts brought back from the moon to be examined.

[Newsweek (via MSN)]