Kovalchuk called the appearance in the Russian national team of players who received a passport a problem
Olympic champion Ilya Kovalchuk shared his opinion on foreign players obtaining Russian passports. His words leads “Championship”.
“Honestly, with all due respect to the guys who take passports here, if one of them plays for the Russian national team, then this is a huge problem in our Russian hockey, because we have a huge number of boys, young and old, who are ready defend the honor of the country,” he said. Kovalchuk noted that first of all, the candidates of Russians should be considered, and after that, those who changed their citizenship.
Also, the president of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR), Vladislav Tretyak, spoke about the naturalization of hockey players. He called it a big step, noting that every foreigner decides his own fate.
Earlier, the American Dynamo Moscow hockey player Brennan Menell received a Russian passport. The desire to obtain Russian citizenship was expressed by Canadian SKA hockey player Brendan Leipsik and his compatriot from Amur Cameron Lee. This was not ruled out by the American player of Avangard Reed Boucher.
Source: Lenta
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