Ukraine’s national motorsport authority has called on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to impose sanctions on its Russian counterpart.

The Russian automobile federation has opened offices in occupied parts of Ukraine in violation of the rules of the FIA, motorsport’s governing body, according to the Ukraine federation (FAU).

The offices in Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts are all located in areas recognised as sovereign Ukrainian territory by the United Nations.

The FAU’s appeal for sanctions against its Russian counterpart (RAF) is the latest step it has made following the FIA’s decision last month to lift the ban on Russian and Belarusian competitors in motorsport.

The FAU said in a statement that it was “outraged by the prolonged inaction of the global governing body”.

It added: “The FAU has already appealed to the FIA senate and FIA ethics committee, but has received no reaction or reply.”

It has also lodged a case with the FIA’s international court of appeal.

FAU president Oleksander Feldman has written to Ben Sulayem demanding action.

He wrote: “Such short-sighted and counterproductive inaction is unbecoming of representatives of a global governing body. The current situation could have catastrophic consequences for the FIA’s global standing.

“This is a dangerous precedent that paves the way for member organisations to disregard other provisions of the statutes and requirements of the rules, potentially leading to chaos and jeopardising the FIA’s future as an institution.”

The FIA’s rules permit only one automobile club or national sporting authority per country.

Feldman’s letter demands that Ben Sulayem suspends Russia’s membership, re-imposes “strict restrictions on Russian athletes’ participation in international competitions”, and makes a statement that publicly declares, on behalf of the FIA, that “the forcible redistribution of sporting authority is unacceptable”.

The letter comes a week after Ukraine’s minister for youth and sport told BBC Sport the FIA was wrong to lift the ban on Russian competitors.

Matvii Bidnyi said: “The reasons why Russia was banned from international sports competition have not disappeared. Nothing changes and it became even worse.”

“Russia continues full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Belarus continues to provide military support to Russia. Ukrainian people are still being killed every day. And Russian attacks become more and more brutal.

“I don’t understand, and Ukrainian people and I know that all European people don’t understand what’s happened, why now we must make this policy softer.”

The ban on Russian and Belarusian competitors taking part in international motorsport events was imposed in February 2022, after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

It was lifted on 3 August in a decision by the FIA’s world motorsport council. This followed the International Olympic Committee, with which the FIA is affiliated, lifting its own ban.

Other sporting authorities, such as World Athletics, have not followed suit.

The Russian Embassy in London said in a statement to BBC Sport last week: “Excluding Russian athletes from international competitions amounts to segregation based on nationality and is incompatible with the principles of the Olympic charter.

“The FIA’s decision to lift the restrictions on Russian competitors in international motorsport is a step in the right direction. It shows that common sense is gradually prevailing over political bias in major sporting federations.”

The FIA has been contacted for comment.