Athletistic / Hockey. Former hockey player and coach Andrei Nazarov congratulated his compatriots on Russia Day. He also evaluated the outcome of the opening two games of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final series between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers.
“The score in the final NHL playoff series is already 2-0 in favor of Florida. This is largely due to the excellent play of Sergei Bobrovsky. With goalies like Bobrovsky, our hockey still has a great future. the best in the world !
On Wednesday there is a big holiday for our country – Russia Day. We are a power in sports and hockey, which they are now trying to break by any means possible with sanctions and various political decisions that have nothing to do with sports. But no one will ever break Russia! We will only be stronger and any enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours! “, Nazarov was quoted as saying by “Championship”.
Russia Day is a public holiday. It is celebrated annually on June 12 – the day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR in 1990. It is a non-working day. On Russia Day, the country’s president presents state awards to the Russian Federation in the Kremlin and celebrations take place on Red Square in Moscow, ending with fireworks.
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