MOSCOW, 4 Jul. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) has appealed to state authorities to clarify the details of the case of the goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ivan Fedotov, the official Telegram channel of the organization quotes the president of the Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak. On Friday, the media reported that Fedotov was detained in St. On Sunday, lawyer Aleksey Ponomarev said that his client was supposedly being sent 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. «The Russian Ice Hockey Federation is monitoring the situation with the goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ivan Fedotov regarding his military service. The FHR has contacted state authorities to clarify the details of the case,» said Tretyak. On Monday, a source in the Northern Fleet said that the goalkeeper is in the training unit of the Russian Navy, but he is not in the location of the Northern Fleet. Another source noted that the cause of Fedotov's problems with military service was a conflict with representatives of CSKA, which the player stands for. The hockey player's lawyer said that he had applied to the military prosecutor's office with a demand to recognize the decision of the draft board as illegal. In April, Fedotov, as part of CSKA, won the Gagarin Cup, and then signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers NHL club. He planned to leave for the USA in July.
