Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Dmitry Svishchev considers the statement of James Wisniewski, a former defender of Vladivostok “Admiral”, who described Russians as complete alcoholics, as a joke.
“This interview should be taken with a grain of salt. There is nothing serious here.
I know many hockey players and none of them got drunk. “I think we should take his interview as a joke,” said Svishchev. “Sport Express”.
Speaking on a podcast, the American hockey player said that Russians don’t know how to have a little drink and are always drunk as hell and rarely allow it at the Admiral out of fear that players will orgy. .
The defender played for the Admiral in the 2016/17 season and made only 16 appearances for the club. He left Russia in December 2016.
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