Down-the-line.com/Hockey. Former skater and now State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova has commented on the news that Russian Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov has not been allowed to enter the United States. The athlete tried twice to enter the country, but he was refused to cross the border for lack of a work visa.

“Americans are quite tough on these issues. It’s not even a question of personalities, but that nothing should be violated and everything done on time. Now it is extremely difficult to do everything on time, because the Embassy in Russia is closed.

The procedure for obtaining a work visa is now much more difficult than before. How are hockey stars different from others?

You have to work very hard to do everything. And it did not become easy”, quotes Zhurova “Sport Express”.