All Russian football teams have been handed an indefinite ban from international football following the invasion of Ukraine, UEFA and FIFA have announced.
The decision means Russia will not be allowed to take part in this year’s World Cup, having hosted the previous tournament in 2018.
UEFA have also ended their £40million-a-year sponsorship with Russian state-owned energy firm Gazprom as Russia’s sporting exile continues.
The governing bodies have been under immense pressure from members and politicians to take action against Russia following their military action in Ukraine, which began last Thursday.
FIFA were roundly condemned after their decision to allow the Russian national team to continue participation in upcoming fixtures under the name Football Union of Russia, without their national flag or anthem present.
International football associations, including The FA and Scottish FA had stated that they would not face Russian sides at any level for the foreseeable future, while Poland had refused to play their upcoming World Cup Qualifier next month.
Following calls from the International Olympic Committee to ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes from worldwide sporting contests, FIFA and UEFA have taken more decisive action.
Belarus, under president Alexander Lukashenko, have played a supporting role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and are also facing sanctions from the UK government.
In a joint statement, FIFA and UEFA said: "Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.
"These decisions were adopted today by the Bureau of the FIFA Council and the Executive Committee of UEFA, respectively the highest decision-making bodies of both institutions on such urgent matters.
"Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine. 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."
As well as being barred from playing at Qatar 2022, the Russian team will not be able to enter this summer’s Women’s European Championship, held in England, while Spartak Moscow - the last team from Russia left in European competition this season - will be removed from the Europa League.
UEFA had already removed the Champions League final - set to be held at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg on May 28 - from Russia and relocated the showpiece to Paris.
Furthermore, UEFA have now ended their huge sponsorship deal with the state-owned energy giant, Gazprom, which has been a long term partner of the European governing body.
In a separate statement, UEFA said: "UEFA has today decided to end its partnership with Gazprom across all competitions. The decision is effective immediately and covers all existing agreements including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA national team competitions and UEFA EURO 2024."
No Gazprom advertising will appear around the Champions League from the rest of the season, starting the with next round of ties in March. Earlier on Monday, German club Schalke ended it’s own sponsorship deal with Gazprom, having last week removed the company’s logo from its shirts.
FIFA and UEFA are unable to prevent the Russian Premier League from continuing while the ban does not apply to Russian players playing for other domestic clubs outside of Russia.
