“We see that legionnaires become citizens of Russia? If they made 0 legionnaires, they would take even more passports. The main thing here is to understand the purpose for which this happens. It is either really because a person respect and love our country, or it is done in order to avoid a limit on the number of foreigners in a team. If it’s the first – fine, but if the second – I’m against it.
Is it allowed to include a foreigner in the Russian national team? Frankly, with all due respect to players who choose Russian citizenship for themselves, if one of them plays for our national team, it may indicate serious problems in Russian hockey. After all, we have plenty of young and adult players who are ready to represent our country. I think that first of all it is worth considering the applications of these players before contacting the players who have received citizenship”, said Ilya Kovalchuk in an interview with the correspondent of the championship.
- Kozhevnikov estimated the likelihood that Ovechkin would leave “Washington”
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