State Duma deputy, former professional speed skater, Turin 2006 Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova, in a comment to socialbites.ca, talked about Dominic Gashev’s criticism of Alexander Ovechkin for a photo with Vladimir Putin on social networks. The politician believes that Hasek and others who regularly criticize Russia are constantly “fueling the agenda” as the negativity towards Russian athletes fades.
“As soon as an agenda regarding Russia is disrupted, Hasek or someone else immediately appears and talks about us. That we somehow influenced the process of not allowing the Israeli hockey team… Someone is constantly fueling the agenda in a negative way regarding sports. We draw attention to these processes by quoting such comments. If Hasek had not been quoted, we would not even have known what he said,” Zhurova said.
Dominik Hasek was one of the strongest goalies in the world during his professional hockey career. He won the Stanley Cup and the Olympic Games, was named National Hockey League MVP twice and won the Vezina Trophy six times. Having become a politician in the Czech Republic, he constantly criticizes Russia for a special military operation and demands that the NHL ban domestic hockey players from participating in the championship.
Former KHL referee he apologized We appeared before the Avangard coach for using obscene language.