Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa after the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned “until further notice”.
This decision means Russia would not be able to participate in the World Cup play-off against Poland next month.
Spartak Moscow have also been kicked out of the Europa League and their last-16 opponents RB Leipzig will advance to the quarter-finals.
Per reports from BBC, Uefa has also ended its sponsorship with Russian energy giant Gazprom.
“Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,” Fifa and Uefa said in a joint statement.
“Both presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.”
The two international football governing bodies decided to take action after Russia’s Putin, supported by Belarus, launched a military invasion of Ukraine last Thursday morning.
The Russian national team were to also play Poland in a World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final on March 24, and would go on to face Sweden or the Czech Republic on March 29 for a place at the finals in Qatar later this year.
FIFA recently announced on Sunday that Russia national team would be allowed to continue playing under the name of the Football Union of Russia, playing home games on neutral territory and without the Russian flag or anthem.
Those measures were labeled as “totally unacceptable” by Polish FA president, Cezary Kulesza, who insisted that Poland would not play their World Cup play-off with Russia, “no matter what the name of the team is.”
Sweden and the Czech Republic followed suit, with Swedish FA chief Karl-Erik Nilsson saying he was “displeased” with FIFA’s decision.
UEFA on other hand, stripped the Russian’s Saint Petersburg stadium of this season’s Champions League final last week and was later moved the game to Paris.
