It is difficult to go against the current, when there is an almost "World" government where other countries are complicit in its actions, it is very difficult and it is obvious that there are always political systems and they have a great influence regardless of where they come from. , if you are against them then you have no choice, as I said before I am against any war, but it is remarkable to think that the athletes did not ask their opinion about the invasion because I am sure that their response would be a resounding No, the mistake is to think that the sanctions are going to hurt the rulers, because the sanctions are received by people who have nothing to do with it, so until that is understood it will be very difficult for the world to be different.
Let FIFA and UEFA move their headquarters into Russia, and see if anything changes.
You don't need to be popular in the eyes of the world to hold a competition. Russia has all kinds of sports going on within its borders. The only reason we might not know about it is that the media is simply against Russia, right now, and won't show it.