MOSCOW, January 23, Semyon Galkevich. CSKA Moscow President Igor Esmantovich will not go with the Russian national ice hockey team for the Olympic Games in Beijing, the team's head coach Alexei Zhamnov said. Esmantovich is Zhamnov's adviser to the national team. Valery Kamensky also plays the role of adviser to the head coach of the Russian national team. «Kamensky will fly with us, and Esmantovich will remain in Moscow, to help resolve issues that arise here,» Zhamnov told reporters. On Sunday, the Russian Hockey Federation announced the composition of the Russian team for the Olympics. In total, the coaching staff of the team under the leadership of Alexei Zhamnov called 25 hockey players and 6 substitute players to the Games, who will also go to Beijing.
