“In line with our partners at FIFA and UEFA FUT 23 Coins , EA Sports has initiated processes to remove the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from EA Sports FIFA products including: FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile, and FIFA Online.

A statement from EA SPORTS FIFA: pic.twitter.com/v3pZvpblgS “We will keep our communities up to date on any actions taken, and thank players for their patience as we work through these updates,” wrote EA.

Earlier in the week both UEFA and FIFA suspended all Russian teams from international football (via The Guardian), with EA now following suit in the realm of virtual sports.

The NHL 22 suspension of all Russian and Belarusian teams also follows the IIHF’s similar ban, as EA wrote on Twitter: “We stand with the people of Ukraine and join the voices around the world calling for peace.”

Mykhailo Fedorov also singled out Xbox and PlayStation, asking “all game development companies and esports platforms” to “temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian accounts, temporarily stop the participation of Russian and Belarusian teams and gamers in cheapest FIFA 23 Coins all international esports events and cancel all international events holding on the territory of Russia and Belarus.”