MOSCOW, Mar 18 Russian clubs and the Russian national team remained in the computer game FIFA Online, two weeks after the promise of EA Sports to remove them, the correspondent was convinced. EA Sports on March 2 promised to remove Russian clubs and the national team from FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile and FIFA Online games, and exclude the teams of Russia and Belarus from the NHL 22 series. Currently in FIFA Online 4 and in all modes from online games with random online opponents to matches with a computer, Moscow Spartak, CSKA, Lokomotiv, as well as the Russian national team, which were originally presented in a football simulator, are available . There were no changes in the composition of the teams and clubs that can be selected. On February 28, the IOC recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions due to the situation around Russia and Ukraine. On March 2, the teams of Russia and Belarus were allowed to participate in the Paralympics in Beijing, but after 17 hours, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) changed its mind and banned them from participating in the Games. Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the sanctions imposed by a number of countries against Russian athletes, said that with this step, Western states trampled on the Olympic and Paralympic principles.
