Member of the Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Pavel Buré in an interview with , he discussed the differences between the former IIHF boss René Fasel and the current head of the organization Luc Tardif .
Fasel led the IIHF from 1994 to 2021. After leaving this position, he was replaced by Tardif.
— Is it true that you are not even allowed to attend IIHF meetings via Zoom?
“As they say, there is a conflict of interest.” I am not only a member of the IIHF executive committee, but also a Russian person. They told me: “The legal rules are that we have to log you out of Zoom at the moment we are discussing Russia. » Then they turn the situation around and say to me: “We have made such and such a decision. » In other words, they are confronted with a fact.
— This did not happen under the former head of the IIHF…
– Of course! I have known René Fasel since 1994. That will almost be 30 years. Good person! I completely understand how much good he did for world hockey and how he treated our country. Fasel received Russian citizenship for a reason. I have communicated and been friends with him for a long time. He and I crossed paths in different situations, both in sports and at social events.
The new president of the IIHF, Luc Tardif – I never knew him. We didn’t know each other. Only two years ago we started cooperating within the International Federation. As colleagues on the executive committee, we meet several times a year, but we have no personal communication,” Bure said in an interview with .
On October 31, the IIHF provisionally included the Russian team among the participants in the group stage of the 2026 Olympic Games. It should be noted that the Russian team has a “theoretical seeding place if the decision is made to return to tournaments under the auspices of the IIHF”.
Source : MatchTV
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