Hockey
Latvians from the KHL should be given a Russian passport, Kozhevnikov believes
Alexander Kozhevnikov / Photo: © RIA Novosti/Alexander Natruskin
Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov suggested issuing a Russian passport to Latvian KHL athletes who could potentially face criminal prosecution.
– Those who want to play with us should be accepted and offered Russian citizenship so that they do not sit in prison. We are ready to make some concessions for foreigners – there, Seagal was given a passport. And for people who are ready to play with us, we don’t do it. Marvelous. This is what you need to pay attention to.
I do not think that this law was invented in order to intimidate its citizens. So it will be. They are scoundrels, which is what we want. They have had American vassalism for a long time, now it legally predominates in the Baltic countries. How far can it go? It’s hard to say what’s on their minds. Everything that the Americans put in their heads will be there, ”Gazeta.Ru quotes Kozhevnikov as saying.
Source: Sportbox
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