MOSCOW, July 4, Sergey Fuks. Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said, that he is in close contact with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the situation around hockey player Ivan Fedotov, and urged to live by the law. On Friday, the media reported that Fedotov was detained in St. Petersburg by members of the military registration and enlistment office. On Sunday, the goalkeeper's lawyer Alexei Ponomarev said that his client was sent, presumably, to Severomorsk, but there was no connection with him. On Monday, a number of media outlets, citing sources, reported that the athlete was in Severodvinsk. everything will be fine with you,” Matytsin told reporters. Earlier, a source said that the goalkeeper faces up to two years in prison under article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for evading military service.
