International sports federations, which have always claimed that sports are separate from politics, have comprehensively boycotted Russia.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, Russia is facing complete isolation of football and sports after the strict decisions of the International and European Football Federations and the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee yesterday; Measures taken against Russia under the pretext of the Ukraine crisis.
Euronews reported in this regard, the biggest cost Russia has to pay for the Ukraine crisis will be the absence of its football team from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar; Because US and Western sanctions will apply to all Russian national and club teams.
According to the network, FIFA announced on Sunday that Russia could hold its matches under the flag of a neutral country, and this issue was widely criticized. The day after, the football organization announced that Russia would not be allowed to participate in international competitions.
Russia has said in a statement that it was “discriminatory” and “hurts a large number of athletes, coaches and national teams”. According to FIFA and UEFA, Russian national and club teams will not be allowed to participate in all international competitions. Moscow will also miss the 2022 World Cup qualifier against Poland. The country’s women’s team will also not be able to participate in the European Cup in England.
According to the network, Spartak Moscow was excluded from the Europa League as the only Russian representative in European competitions. The team was scheduled to face Leipzig, Germany in the round of 16.
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FIFA and UEFA issued a joint statement stressing that they had decided to ban all Russian club and national teams from participating in all competitions until further notice. Under the pretext of “solidarity and support for all the wounded in Ukraine”, these federations took these decisions and claimed that they hoped that football would once again bring unity and peace between nations.
Termination of cooperation with Gazprom
UEFA has also announced that it has cut ties with Russian gas giant Gazprom. The annual contract with the company was $ 40 million. The company also funded the Champions League and international competitions hosted by UEFA.
According to this report, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) also issued a statement under the pretext of “supporting the health of global sports competitions and maintaining the health of all participants: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) also issued a statement under the pretext of “supporting the health of global sports competitions and maintaining the health of all participants.”
The committee also claimed that it would not allow Russian or Belarusian athletes to compete on behalf of Russia or Belarus for “legal or organizational reasons”.
The International Olympic Committee also claimed that no competitions should be held on Russian soil. The committee, which has always argued that athletes should be impartial, has made such decisions.
In the end, it even announced the Olympic medal, which did not show mercy to Russian President Vladimir Putin: “The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to award the Olympic Medal of Merit to all those who currently hold important positions in the Government of the Russian Federation, in view of the extraordinary circumstances and the violation of the Olympic ceasefire and other violations by the Russian government.”
In this regard, Ruhollah, a free thinker representing the people of Tabriz in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, referring to Russia’s ban from participating in the stadiums by the World Football Federation, said: The move by the FIFA showed that the federation was entering into political issues despite its claim that sport was separate from politics.