Successful Championships and regional competitions were organised by the Committee for European Affairs within the International Union.

[5][6] In addition, the ESC stripped Russia of its right to host the 2022 European Shooting Championships in the 25m, 50m, 300m, running target and shotgun.

[7][8][9] In March, both ESC President Alexander Ratner and ISSF President Vladimir Lisin were barred from attending the European 10metre Shooting Championships in any official capacity,[10][11] amid calls for them to step aside.

[12][13] Ratner attended privately, insisting that neither he nor Lisin had links with the Russian government.

[17] SAL appealed the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which found itself unable to impose provisional measures.