<!--Article Start--> <h2 style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Russian club Dynamo Moscow have been banned from participating in next season's Europa League for breaking UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules.</em></strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify">UEFA confirmed the punishment on Friday due to losses made by Dynamo in each of the last three years.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The capital club reached the last 16 of the Europa League in the campaign just ended before losing to Napoli, and their fourth-place finish in the Russian Premier League saw them qualify for the competition again next season.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Dynamo bosses said they expected such a verdict but were upset with the European football ruling body's decision.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We'll live without European football next season," the R-Sport news agency quoted Dynamo deputy president Gennady Soloviev as saying.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"It's a serious blow for our club's image."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We expected this but were hoping to escape such a rigorous punishment. Dynamo will not appeal because it's useless."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Press reports claim that Rubin Kazan, who finished the season in fifth place, will replace Dynamo in the Europa League.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">But Rubin chiefs said Friday that they have not received any UEFA notice about their participation in the tournament.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"For the moment we haven't got any UEFA notices," Airat Garayev, Rubin general manager told ITAR-TASS news agency.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Without it we'd like to refrain from any detailed comments on the case."</p> . <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p>