KAZAN, August 23, Vadim Kuznetsov. The Continental Hockey League (KHL) should to address the issue of replacing military service for professional athletes, Rinat Bashirov, the general director of the Ufa Salavat Yulaev, told reporters. «Our colleagues say that there are no problems, that they have sports companies where players come for three days, take the oath, and then they play. And this is a full-fledged replacement for military service. If this is for everyone, then please. We do not have a sports company. And the concept of «sport company» is very vague. We are in favor of solving this issue globally. The law should have a section that allows elite athletes to replace service in the army A contract in a professional club should be equated with service in the army At least in the physical preparation of a young person this is an adequate replacement This problem needs to be addressed at a global level We did not agree dreams that one club has such an opportunity, while the other does not. He gets a competitive edge. The KHL should deal with this issue,” Bashirov said. “It turns out that one club has a military department, the other does not, and everyone should be on an equal footing. Players who have devoted their whole lives to hockey should be able to replace military service with a professional contract,” said the general director of Salavat Yulaev. Earlier, the SUSK RF for Bashkiria reported that in 2019 two students from a Ufa university, not wanting to serve in the army, through an acquaintance, they handed over a bribe to an employee of the military commissariat for release or deferment from military service.Then the intermediary was arrested, and a criminal case was opened against the bribe givers.
