FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russia's national teams and clubs from international football until further notice, due to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The move means Russia will likely be excluded from this year's World Cup and the women's Euro 2020 tournament.
"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," says UEFA.
"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."
Russia were scheduled to host Poland in a World Cup qualifying playoff on March 24 and if they remain suspended at that time, they would be out of the World Cup and unable to progress to the finals in Qatar in November.
The Polish FA said it would refuse to play against the Russian team, and the Czech Republic and Sweden, who are in the same playoff 'path', had also ruled out facing Russia.
The only way Russia could still feature in the playoffs would be a sudden improvement in the situation in Ukraine, leading to a lifting of the suspension.
"Both presidents [of the soccer bodies] 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," says UEFA.
The organisation said a further decision would be made at a later date about the impact on the women's Euro 2022 tournament in England in July, which Russia have qualified for.
The decision means that Spartak Moscow will not play their Europa League match against German club RB Leipzig, which will advance to the quarter-finals.
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee's executive board recommended sports federations ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing in events.
FIFA was criticised, after an earlier statement that Russia could continue to play matches, albeit at neutral venues and only under the name 'Football Union of Russia'.
Although FIFA warned the country could be excluded from competitions, if the situation in Ukraine did not improve, the statement was widely criticised, with the Polish FA saying the stance was "totally unacceptable".
England's Football Association said it would not play against Russia, a view that was backed up other European federations.
Russia hosted the last World Cup in 2018, with the final held at Moscow and attended by President Vladimir Putin.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" not designed to occupy territory, but to destroy its southern neighbour's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.
Reuters
