UEFA severed relations with Gazprom, football clubs and the Russian team are suspended from all tournaments.
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The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have decided to remove Russian teams and clubs from participating in competitions under their auspices because of the war in Ukraine. UEFA terminates cooperation with “Gazprom” – among the main sponsors.
“Today, UEFA decided to use cooperation with Gazprom in all competitions. The decision takes effect immediately and everywhere for all obligations, including the UEFA Champions League, consisting of the UEFA national teams and UEFA EURO 2024,” UEFA said in a statement.
All Russian teams, whether they are lost teams or clubs, should be suspended from participating in FIFA and UEFA competitions to a high level of comfort, the press service of the community reports.
The day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 25, Russia had already lost the Champions League football final, which was supposed to be held in St. Petersburg.
At the same time, it was decided that Russian and Ukrainian clubs and teams participating in UEFA tournaments would play their home matches at neutral stadiums to the limit.
But now the Russian teams and clubs are completely excluded from the final. The last open club, which was held in this case in European competition, as part of the Moscow “Spartak”. March 17 “Spartak” was supposed to play in the Europa League with the team “RB Leipzig”. Leipzig are now likely to qualify for the quarter-finals automatically or face another opponent.
In addition, on Monday, the International Olympic Committee proposed to all sports federations of the RIAC to ban participation in competitions organized by them for public and Belarusian athletes.
As reported in a statement by the press service of the IOC, the ban on the participation of athletes and representative representatives of representative delegations was put into effect “in relation to protection, especially complex exterior decoration and the safety of all participants.”
Most likely, it will be a postponement that the national teams of Russia and Belarus will not take part in the Paralympic Games, which begin in two days.
Moreover, the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee, which is exceptional from the mandatory conditions (we are talking about Russia’s military actions in Ukraine) and taking into account the serious violation of the rules of the Olympic Truce and the Olympic Charter of Moderation in the past, decided to take away Olympic prizes from all representatives of government in positions of responsibility. positions in the Russian government.
We are talking about the awards of the President of Russia to Vladimir Putin in 2001, to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Deputy Head of the President of Russia Dmitry Kozak – in 2014.