Athletistic / Hockey. Olympic speed skating champion from the 2006 Turin (Italy) Games and now a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Zhurova, said that the Canadian hockey community wants to defend the president of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF), Vladislav Tretyak, so that he is not included on the sanctions list.

“We have already spoken with the Canadian hockey community. When sanctions began to be imposed against me and Vladislav Aleksandrovich, they wanted to defend us. On the anniversary of the Super Series, the Canadians wanted someone from Russia comes. “They treat me with deep respect. But this is a political situation, they cannot do otherwise now,” Zhurova was quoted as saying by TASS.

On June 13, the website of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions due to events in Ukraine. Vladislav Tretyak was placed on the sanctions list for the second time. This happened in connection with the clarification of his date of birth, which was previously indicated incorrectly in Canadian documents.

By decision of the IIHF, Russian national teams will no longer participate in international competitions from 2022.



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