Double standards against Russia; Is sport separate from politics or part of it?
International sports federations, which have always claimed that sports are separate from politics, have comprehensively boycotted Russia.
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.
According to Euronews, Russia will have to pay the most for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to the crisis in Ukraine; 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 was barred from participating in international competitions.
Russia called unilateral sports actions against it discriminatory
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.
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.
