MOSCOW, August 30, Andrey Simonenko. the national team of players playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) can be equated with shooting yourself in the foot, the leaders of Russian hockey do not need to pay attention to this, it is better to deal with their own problems, said Vladimir Plushev, honored coach of Russia. The decision was announced on Tuesday by the chairman of the Swedish Association hockey Anders Larsson. Prior to this, similar decisions were made by the Finnish and Latvian federations. «They impose sanctions against their citizens, and if these citizens go to court, they have a chance to win. The Swedish federation, like the Finnish one, violates the European Charter on Human Rights, which clearly states on the right to work, to a place of residence, to move, to study, and so on. They violate their own charter, which they signed, and any hockey player as a citizen can apply to the European court, even bypassing all sports authorities, «Plyushchev said. “Did a Latvian player get the right to play in our championship from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) (IIHF allowed goalkeeper Janis Kalnins to join Amur Khabarovsk – ed.)? Any Swedish player can get the same right, because the IIHF cannot violate the international charter. And the domestic federations believe that they can do what they want,» the specialist added.
