Athletistic / Hockey. The general director of the Russian Hockey Federation (RFH), Dmitry Kurbatov, commented on the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He called for solving the problem of “hockey businessmen” who take Russian juniors to foreign clubs.

The head of state gave the corresponding instruction at the forum “Russia – a sports power”, held in Perm.

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“It is very important for us that the president said this. This will greatly help us strengthen the fight and pressure on these unscrupulous agents who, with their own hands or not, contribute to the employment of players in foreign clubs . The struggle will be Our agency activity is multifaceted: “We license agents, pass exams, monitor compliance with order in this system, resolve disputes. But we basically have only one sanction against them: deprivation of license,” Kurbatov is quoted as saying by TASS.


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