The Champions League final scheduled in Saint Petersburg on May 28 has been moved to Paris at the Stade de France.
This was decided by UEFA in the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Uefa has announced that Russian and Ukrainian clubs and national teams competing in international competitions must play their home games in neutral venues "until further notice".
The decision of the executive committee called urgently for the ongoing war.
"It is a right and inevitable decision".
Thus Evelina, a member of the UEFA Board and the FIFA Council, on the transfer of the Champions League final from Kiev to Paris.
"We are all affected by this situation; Uefa has specified that it is a sporting body, not a political one, which however has a voice that it wants and must express - he adds on the sidelines of the presentation of the Festival of Economics - Among other things, it has been decided both for safety reasons and for the opportunity not to play more matches in Russia and Ukraine, of any national team or any club ".