St. Petersburg, July 2, Taras Barabash. Lawyer Alexei Ponomarev, representing the interests of hockey player Ivan Fedotov, said that the decision to call his client for military service was appealed in court and suspended. On Friday, the media reported that the hockey player was detained in St. Petersburg by military registration and enlistment office officers. Earlier, the source said that the goalkeeper faces up to two years in prison under Art. 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — for evading conscription for military service. On the eve of Fedotov, he became ill at the military registration and enlistment office, after which he was hospitalized. «There are no grounds for deviations from military service. Ivan was never called on summons. He did not evade conscription. When the military registration and enlistment office decided to somehow find him, they immediately found him. Ivan followed them as a respectable citizen, who is told that he needs to appear at the military registration and enlistment office. The conscription has passed. This decision has been appealed in court today, it is suspended. But no one has a reaction to this. At the moment, there is a certain decision on the appeal of the body that did not have the right to call him. The decision was appealed in court and suspended from the moment of filing,» Ponomarev said.
