As the events leading to FIFA and UEFA sanctions over Russian national representative teams and clubs have already been analyzed and described in other articles, this piece simply reproduces the statements released by Russia's football governing body, the Football Union of Russia, and Russian club Spartak Moscow, which prior to the sanction was scheduled to take place in the round of 16 of the 2021-2022 edition of the UEFA Europa...
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01
Mar
2022
Russian FA and Spartak Moscow React to FIFA/UEFA Suspension
On 28 February 2022, the Football Union of Russia (FUR) reacted to FIFA and UEFA's decisions to suspend all Russian clubs and representative teams. Russian team Spartak Moscow also reacted to its elimination from the UEFA Europa League.