The Russian Football Union says the arrests of FIFA officials will not affect Russia's hosting of the 2018 World Cup.
This followed the dawn arrests on Wednesday of several top FIFA officials in a Zurich hotel and a Swiss police raid on FIFA headquarters.
The arrests were part of a probe into the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup which went respectively to Russia and Qatar.
The US Justice Department, meanwhile, unsealed an indictment against nine FIFA officials and five executives, charging them with conspiracy and corruption over a 24-year period.
It says the 47-count indictment spans at least two generations of soccer officials who allegedly abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kick-backs.
This includes the selection of South Africa as the host country for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 FIFA presidential election.
BBC Africa reports that FIFA officials are accused of taking a 10 million US dollar bribe from the South Africa government to vote for them to host the 2010 World Cup.
Meanwhile, Fifa president sepp Blatter has welcomed the arrests. The governing body issued the following statement:
This is a difficult time for football, the fans and for FIFA as an organisation. We understand the disappointment that many have expressed and I know that the events of today will impact the way in which many people view us.
As unfortunate as these events are, it should be clear that we welcome the actions and the investigations by the US and Swiss authorities and believe that it will help to reinforce measures that FIFA has already taken to root out any wrongdoing in football.
While there will be many who are frustrated with the pace of change, I would like to stress the actions that we have taken and will continue to take. In fact, today’s action by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General was set in motion when we submitted a dossier to the Swiss authorities late last year.
Let me be clear: such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game. Following the events of today, the independent Ethics Committee – which is in the midst of its own proceedings regarding the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups -- took swift action to provisionally ban those individuals named by the authorities from any football-related activities at the national and international level. These actions are on top of similar steps that FIFA has taken over the past year to exclude any members who violate our own Code of Ethics.
We will continue to work with the relevant authorities and we will work vigorously within FIFA in order to root out any misconduct, to regain your trust and ensure that football worldwide is free from wrongdoing.
