“A very interesting fact. When we spoke with Brendan about moving to SKA, he said, ‘My wife doesn’t want anywhere else but St. Petersburg.’
We have a cultural capital. Ballet, theatres, museums, the Hermitage… Culture attracted Laipsik and his family to Saint Petersburg. And he made an honest decision to become a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Bykov commented on Leipsik’s decision to obtain Russian citizenship
This is not related to any foreign limit in the KHL. Not the fact that he won’t remain a legionnaire. After all, you can get a Russian passport, but not take the next legal step – changing your sports citizenship. And we are completely satisfied with its status. That’s not the question at all!
And now he wants to be part of our culture. He loves Russia – honestly and sincerely. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to play in St. Petersburg,” Rotenberg said as quoted by Match TV.
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