The whole world is focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This tension, which is followed with nervousness, is undoubtedly not beneficial. Many countries and large companies impose sanctions on Russia and the Russian society in order to take their stand. EA Sports has also joined this ever-growing series of sanctions.
Russian national team and Russian football clubs excluded from FIFA games
Sanctions against Russia from all over the world continue to increase. EA Sports FIFA does not remain silent about the human tragedy in Ukraine. According to the statement made on Twitter, EA Sports has removed the Russian national team and Russian clubs from FIFA 22, FIFA mobile and FIFA online games.
EA Sports’ peace in the world and in Ukraine emphasis was placed on advocacy. Stating that they took this sanction decision to end this occupation as soon as possible, the company announced that it took this decision after negotiations with FIFA and UEFA. It is seen that FIFA had an influence on this decision.
FIFA officials, who stated that the war environment had a negative impact on the field of sports as well as many other fields, had an extraordinary meeting yesterday in order to take a sanction decision. FIFA included the following statements in its sanction decision yesterday.
If the situation in Ukraine does not improve rapidly, we keep all the sanctions including the ban on Russia from international competitions in the very near future. For this reason, we are in contact with the International Olympic Committee, UEFA and all other sports organizations.
FIFA has decided that Russia will not be mentioned by name in International matches. The Russian flag symbol will not be used in the matches that are decided to be played under the name of the Russian Football Union. In addition, it was decided that the matches that will be hosted by the Russian Football Union will be played outside of Russia. In addition, there will be no Russian fans in the matches that will be on neutral ground.
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