Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States is meddling in FIFA's affairs in an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country.
Putin said in televised comments Thursday that it is "odd" that the probe was launched at the request of U.S. officials for crimes which do not involve its citizens and did not happen in the United States.''
Two of the 14 people charged by U.S. prosecutors on have U.S. citizenship.
Football's world governing body was plunged into crisis after a wave of arrests of football officials including two FIFA vice-presidents in Zurich on Wednesday on bribery, fraud and money laundering charges following an FBI investigation.
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 people for alleged bribes totalling more than $150 million (£98 million) they say had been paid for television rights, sponsorship deals and World Cup votes.
The charges allege there has been widespread corruption throughout football's governing body over the past 20 years, involving bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast deals.
In a separate probe, Swiss prosecutors are investigating the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar. Officials seized documents and electronic data from FIFA's headquarters and will question 10 current FIFA executive committee members who voted on that tournament.
Putin described Wednesday's pre-dawn arrests of seven football officials in Zurich as "yet another evident attempt to derail Mr. Blatter's reelection as FIFA president."
Putin added he is aware of "the pressure" on FIFA president Sepp Blatter for his support of Russia hosting the World Cup.
Blatter chaired an emergency meeting with continental football bodies on Thursday while staying out of public view himself.
"There was a meeting today with the president with the representatives from the confederations to discuss the current situation," FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said in a statement.
Blatter did not attend Thursday's FIFA medical conference in Zurich nor was he expected to attend the meeting of UEFA's member association heads, a FIFA spokesman said.
The crisis led UEFA to call for Friday's FIFA presidential election to be postponed and the European body questioned whether its 53 voting associations should even attend the Congress.
UEFA's statement has intensified the pressure on Blatter, but the world governing body said the election will take place as planned.