“In all other countries where there is an army in conscription, the situation is the same. I don’t understand why a guy from, relatively speaking, Budyonnovsk should go to serve when he has no deferment, and a hockey player does not.
Maybe hockey players expect the statute to allow them to become an exception to the law, but that hasn’t happened. Such a situation would have to be reacted to if the authorities and the military registration and enlistment office did not act in accordance with the law and violated it. And what is there to discuss if everything is in accordance with the law? Hockey can also be played in the army,” Milonov said as quoted by RB-Sport.
Recall that on July 1, the goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ivan Fedotov was arrested and taken to the military registration and enlistment office. He is suspected of evading military service. Later there was information that the hockey player was sent to do military service in the North.
On May 6, Fedotov signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers NHL club.
Also, two more hockey players are suspected of buying military tickets – Kirill Kaprizov and Pavel Karnaukhov.
It should be noted that the three hockey players are directly linked to CSKA. Karnaukhov is playing for the club right now, Fedotov’s contract with CSKA ended on April 30 this year, and Kirill Kaprizov played for the army club before leaving for the NHL.
Source: Sport
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