The world of sport reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

[decodx]

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, more and more sports have followed the IOC's call to ban Russian athletes from competing. I will try to compile all of those links here for your information.

Feb 28, 2022 - The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommends no participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials


https://twitter.com/iocmedia/status/1498297977366102024

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has already responded by announcing that the flags of Russia and Belarus will not be displayed and the anthems of these countries will not be played at international events held by FIDE.
https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1498026831089487882

The Executive Committee of the World Karate Federation (WKF) unanimously decided to move the tournament to another site and strip Moscow of its hosting rights.
https://twitter.com/worldkarate_wkf/status/1498228985318174721

The International Skating Union (ISU) said no athletes from Russia or Belarus "shall be invited or allowed to participate" in events until further notice.
ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis

The International Badminton Federation (BWF) has cancelled tournaments planned for Russia and Belarus. It has also determined that neither the flags will be displayed nor the anthems be played of the countries at any of its events.
BWF statement

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has also announced that Russian teams and officials will not be allowed to participate in FIBA Basketball and 3x3 Basketball competitions.
https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-statement-on-russian-teams-and-officials

FIFA announced that it was suspending Russian representative teams (men's and women's). UEFA also announced that club sides would be removed from all competitions. This means Russia won't be participating in the World Cup in Qatar. Spartak Moscow have also been removed from the Europa League.
FIFA and UEFA joint statement

UEFA also confirmed that it was ending its deal with sponsor Gazprom, worth €40 million a year.

U.S. Soccer issued a statement to join other soccer federations in refusing to play Russia.
https://twitter.com/ussoccer/status/1498325273552596996

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council has suspended all Russian and Belarusian national and club teams from IIHF competitions until further notice and withdrew the hosting rights of the 2023 #WorldJuniors from Russia.
Bob Nicholson, IIHF Vice President, said, "There are a lot of sports, but hockey probably hits Putin the hardest."
https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/1498387598246621188

Russian and Belarusian tennis players can play on the ATP and WTA tours, but without displaying their national flags, and at the Grand Slams. However, they are barred from participating in team competitions, such as Davis Cup and BJK Cup, until further notice.
Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis

The International Ski Federation (FIS) cancels all remaining 2021-22 season events in Russia and bans Russian athletes from all competitions.

The World Athletics Council has agreed to impose sanctions against the Member Federations of Russia and Belarus as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine.

In an address to the Council, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "Anyone who knows me will understand that imposing sanctions on athletes because of the actions of their government goes against the grain. I have railed against the practice of politicians targeting athletes and sport to make political points when other sectors continue about their business. This is different as governments, business and other international organisations have imposed sanctions and measures against Russia across all sectors. Sport has to step up and join these efforts to end this war and restore peace. We cannot and should not sit this one out."

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[zidanw]

I normally see all Russian athletes showing their support for Ukraine, but there was an exceptional situation in chess. Top chess player Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Putin. Chess players are intelligent people, especially at a high level. I wonder what possesses him to write such a thing on twitter. Could play that he used to be a resident of Ukraine, he now seems to have Russian nationality. That could play into it, maybe he left the country there with a lot of fights. Otherwise you are not going to show your support for Putin for any reason.

[Hamphser]

I normally see all Russian athletes showing their support for Ukraine, but there was an exceptional situation in chess. Top chess player Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Putin. Chess players are intelligent people, especially at a high level. I wonder what possesses him to write such a thing on twitter. Could play that he used to be a resident of Ukraine, he now seems to have Russian nationality. That could play into it, maybe he left the country there with a lot of fights. Otherwise you are not going to show your support for Putin for any reason.

When it comes to personal perspective and views then dont expect that everyone would really be doing on to the same path.We do have our own will and decide for ourselves on which
or whose would be gonna be supported whether being a Russian turns out to be supportive with Ukraine or would totally be that loyal on the place where they do live in.
I dont see for Intelligence to have some major role on choosing on which one you should really support off.

[Rruchi man]

I personally think some of these reactions sports is having towards some russian athletes and other personels from Russia who have really fought hard to be where they are today totally too extreme and without consideration. Some of them are just Russians by Nationality but have been in the west and other regions so much that they can identify with them. Why disregard all contributions they have made when we all know that they may not all be in support of the invasion.

[sunsilk]

There's also the Motorsport UK: Russian drivers in Formula 1 banned from competing in UK

The same goes for gaming/esports.

Russian-based CS:GO teams banned from BLAST Premier events, CIS qualifier canceled amid Ukraine conflict

Ukrainian official calls for Xbox, PlayStation, and others to bar Russian players amid invasion

Virtus.pro removed from GAMERS GALAXY: Invitational Series Dubai 2022

Virtus.Pro is a Russian based esports organization.

These players are also considered athletes on this time playing e-sports. And all of these organizations and sporting community had agreed to imposed sanctions due to their government's attack.

[CaVO32]

I personally think some of these reactions sports is having towards some russian athletes and other personels from Russia who have really fought hard to be where they are today totally too extreme and without consideration. Some of them are just Russians by Nationality but have been in the west and other regions so much that they can identify with them. Why disregard all contributions they have made when we all know that they may not all be in support of the invasion.

This is one repercussion that Russian-affiliated individuals will receive from all around the globe. Even if they are not pro-Putin, some will still identify them as part of the Russian community, thus, the approach of people towards them. This is owed to their power-hungry President. He doesn't care what will happen to his people because of his aggression. It is like countries will be isolating the Russians from all the other people in the world, which is actually sad for those innocents and just want to live their life peacefully.

[DoublerHunter]

^ I am not on their side but I feel pity for them because they are innocent people and I don't know if they are even a pro-Putin which they are.
It seems there is discrimination against all Russian players and athletes because their country invaded Ukraine and now they are suffering too from what their country did. There is too many sports event that has been canceled or postponed, the gambling industry was been affected too.
Nevertheless, this is not the right.

[harizen]

It seems unethical for me to just ban Russian players to participate because of an on-going invasion of their country against Ukraine. Like I said in other thread, it seems that the Russian action is not totally the country's fight but for just the sake of their leader's ego. Not all Russians wants this conflict. Putin just hit hard with his ego that's why straight from his air-conditioned room, he is just providing some commands.

However, just come to think of it. The whole world, most of the countries, are condemning the attack of Russia to Ukraine resulting in some "hate"t o other people's view towards Russia. With this ban of Russian players, that's make sure that no one would possibly physically hurt the athletes from those fans who are watching live on their games as we don't know what other people thinks about Russia currently. The safety of these players should be prioritized in the first place.

[DU18]

I agree with what the international sports committees did in banning russia who invaded ukraine from competing in world sports, but has the committee been doing fair rules so far?
Because as far as I know it seems that the world sports committee tends to be more aggressive when the ukraine state was invaded, but they were silent when the americas invaded aghanistan and the middle east, so it seems the world sports committee prefers to turn a blind eye to what israel is doing to palestine until recently.
Honestly, I see that there seems to be injustice in the decision, if they really criticize Russia actions,  of course they should take action against Israel, which continues to kill Palestinians...!

STOP THE WAR AND GIVE FOR FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE And UKRAINE

[Saint-loup]

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, more and more sports have followed the IOC's call to ban Russian athletes from competing. I will try to compile all of those links here for your information.
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Moreover several european and world leaders are pushing for regulating, freezing and banning russian financial assets, and they don't want russians to circumvent those sanctions thanks to the help of cryptocurrencies. Then they are ready to attack cryptocurrencies with measures similar to the canadian measures. It means russian exchanges and gambling platforms or exchanges and gambling platforms mainly used by them could be targeted by those sanctions. For crypto gamblers that's a two-bladed sword.

[iv4n]

It's war, and in war, all means are allowed, right ?! I don't think there has ever been so much dust around a war before, and it's not that this is the only war in the world! Too much propaganda and inaccurate information create so much hatred among people that it is impossible to describe, people choose sides and this does not lead to anything good. Day by day, the conflict seems to be getting bigger and it is involving more and more participants, there's a saying in football "there is no one to calm the ball" and I think that all this will last! Big question is when will all this end and how!

Great players play their games and as usual, many rules do not apply to them! We often hear that politics and sports should not be mixed, but it always happens! This is an example of when politics uses sports for its own purposes! To be clear, this is not about me defending Russian politics or not showing solidarity with the Ukrainian people, I am always against any war, but also against politics interfering in sport and involving sports in war! This is not the first time that sports institutions have fallen under pressure and chose side, and I think that is wrong, very wrong! At the same time, they are not always fair and correct, as real athletes should be! I sincerely hope that some big shit won't happen to everyone, the pressure from both sides is great, and under the pressure, things are can explode!

Sports should be used to unite, not divide people!

[AmoreJaz]

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, more and more sports have followed the IOC's call to ban Russian athletes from competing. I will try to compile all of those links here for your information.
[...]

Moreover several european and world leaders are pushing for regulating, freezing and banning russian financial assets, and they don't want russians to circumvent those sanctions thanks to the help of cryptocurrencies. Then they are ready to attack cryptocurrencies with measures similar to the canadian measures. It means russian exchanges and gambling platforms or exchanges and gambling platforms mainly used by them could be targeted by those sanctions. For crypto gamblers that's a two-bladed sword.

well, let's see how this situation pans out in the next coming months.. as putin will not stop this invasion. there will be more unfortunate events that will be received by his people. i am not seeing putin to back down and admit his mistakes...
do you think he's ready to be isolated? but china is not cooperating. as it says from this article - China will not join sanctions on Russia, banking regulator says, it goes to show that China is indeed an ally of Russia. as they are the biggest countries in the world, i believe they can live on their own. however, there will be negative impact on its people.

[robelneo]

Now they will feel isolated in the sporting world because of Putin's action but the one that will really hurt the Russian are the financial and banking organizations to ban them, it will have a big effect on their economy and finances of Russia, but it's good that the sports organizations around the world let their decision known that they are against this aggression, it's only a matter of time before Putin yield or stop the aggression.

[kaya11]

I normally see all Russian athletes showing their support for Ukraine, but there was an exceptional situation in chess. Top chess player Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Putin. Chess players are intelligent people, especially at a high level. I wonder what possesses him to write such a thing on twitter. Could play that he used to be a resident of Ukraine, he now seems to have Russian nationality. That could play into it, maybe he left the country there with a lot of fights. Otherwise you are not going to show your support for Putin for any reason.

So true, they have deeper understanding and reasoning that most common people do not understand. In my beliefs if you go against your ruler and plans to humiliate him in front of his constituents and people under his rule, giving him bad image etc, it would only worsen, your countries law and order will fall in some point. Games includes deep thinking are not to be taken lightly , they think before they move, so should we. We should think and comprehend before we make accusations and comments that we don't have sound proof, these guys have wisdoms than most of the social media influencers out there.

[dimonstration]

Now they will feel isolated in the sporting world because of Putin's action but the one that will really hurt the Russian are the financial and banking organizations to ban them, it will have a big effect on their economy and finances of Russia, but it's good that the sports organizations around the world let their decision known that they are against this aggression, it's only a matter of time before Putin yield or stop the aggression.

Russia knows that this is just a temporary sanction and all this punishment will be lifted once they already finished on the invasion since the world especially EU needs Russian product such as oil and gas because its the closest source compared to Middle East. Russia is fully prepared on this and they can withstand this sanction as per plan. You will notice that ar rushing things on demilitarization on Ukraine since Day 1 of the attack.

EU and US can't do anything besides threatening. There increase in defense on neighbours NATO country is useless because Putin will surely stop after Ukraine and plan his next move later on.

[traderethereum]

I normally see all Russian athletes showing their support for Ukraine, but there was an exceptional situation in chess. Top chess player Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Putin. Chess players are intelligent people, especially at a high level. I wonder what possesses him to write such a thing on twitter. Could play that he used to be a resident of Ukraine, he now seems to have Russian nationality. That could play into it, maybe he left the country there with a lot of fights. Otherwise you are not going to show your support for Putin for any reason.

So true, they have deeper understanding and reasoning that most common people do not understand. In my beliefs if you go against your ruler and plans to humiliate him in front of his constituents and people under his rule, giving him bad image etc, it would only worsen, your countries law and order will fall in some point. Games includes deep thinking are not to be taken lightly , they think before they move, so should we. We should think and comprehend before we make accusations and comments that we don't have sound proof, these guys have wisdoms than most of the social media influencers out there.

We will never be able to embarrass our ruler in front of his constituents, especially if we do not have a lot of support from the people.
Maybe the rulers can suppress a few people, but if those people unite to overthrow the ruling regime, it can happen even though it will happen for a long time.
This war opened a lot of sympathy from many parties and they gave support to Ukraine and hoped the war would stop soon because the small people had suffered too much because of the war.
Hopefully, the war will end peacefully soon and the little people can live well again.

[fiulpro]

- They even took the Black Belt Title away from Putin who is Soo. Thinking of imposing the martial law because of so many protests against his own country.

- Russian athletes on TV are writing no to war on the camera after winning the whole game

- Many athletes from Ukraine itself are joining the battle on Frontline along side with their family, which is even a stronger statement than waat Russia is doing

Sports people are united at the same time to help curb this madness that has been happening which is only increasing day by day, they are definitely making a significant amount of impression on the community.

[Oshosondy]

I normally see all Russian athletes showing their support for Ukraine, but there was an exceptional situation in chess. Top chess player Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Putin. Chess players are intelligent people, especially at a high level. I wonder what possesses him to write such a thing on twitter.

What is most important if for Russian government to negatively feel the impacts of sanctions, all Russian sport people will feel it too, if Russia are banned from all sport activities in the world, this will affect many sport people and organizations in Russia which is what FiFA will think and it will be. This is not about athletes that support or oppose what Russia government are doing to Ukraine but about making Russia suffer for the lives devastated in Ukraine.

[dothebeats]

Amazing how sports personalities from Russia that are currently IN Russia are expressing their disbelief on what's happening. Voicing out opinions that are against the government's ideals at this time is very hard, considering that the protesters from Day 1 were arrested almost immediately. They are brave enough to tell that something's wrong in the face of a bigger adversary.

It's sad that most sporting events are not including Russia right now on their tourneys and whatnot. The fault of one ruling party affects all that don't even know what's happening.