Silver medalist of the Russian Olympic hockey team Ivan Fedotov will not appear for a hearing in the court of the Leningrad region in case of conscription for military service, the athlete’s lawyer Alexei Ponomarev told .
Earlier, Fedotov’s defense filed a lawsuit with the Vsevolozhsk city court of the Leningrad region to invalidate the commission’s decision to call up a hockey player for military service. The plaintiff in the case is the athlete himself, the defendant is the Editorial Board of St. Petersburg.
The trial will take place on August 11. Ivan himself will not come, I will attend the meeting on behalf of the complainant,” Ponomarev told .
25-year-old Russian national team goalkeeper Fedotov, who signed a contract with Philadelphia in May, has been arrested in St. Petersburg on suspicion of escaping military service. He was taken to Severodvinsk, where he is expected to take the military oath in August.
Fedotov is the silver medalist of the 2022 Olympics, the winner of the Gagarin Cup with CSKA. In May, the player signed a contract with the Philadelphia NHL club.
Source : MatchTV
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