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Former Spartak goalkeeper Hasek called for a legal ban on Czech athletes from working in Russia
Dominik Hasek / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Ilya Pitalev
Two-time Stanley Cup winner, Olympic champion in the Czech national team Dominik Hasek believes that the Czech government should pass a law prohibiting Czech athletes from competing in Russia.
Hasek thus reacted to the transfer of the Czech striker Dmitry Yashkin to St. Petersburg SKA.
“I don’t blame this guy or his agent, but only the parliament and the government of the Czech Republic that they didn’t pass a law prohibiting Czech citizens from working in Russia. The work of a Czech citizen in Russia is to support this country and a special operation in Ukraine. This means that this is a danger to our country and its citizens,” Hasek wrote.
SKA on Monday announced the signing of a one-year contract with Yashkin. According to Match TV, the Czech striker received a salary of 60 million rubles per season, but with bonuses his salary could exceed 100 million rubles.
Hasek is a two-time Stanley Cup winner with Detroit, an Olympic champion in 1998 and a bronze medalist at the 2006 Games. The goalkeeper spent most of his career in the NHL, and in the 2010/11 season he defended the gates of Spartak Moscow. In the colors of the capital club, he took to the ice in 50 KHL matches.
Source: Sportbox
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