MOSCOW, Sep 28 Foreign Affairs Canada urged Canadian hockey players to follow government recommendations and leave Russia and Belarus. There are 44 representatives of Canada in the Russian clubs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and Dynamo Minsk. «We Canadians value our values. Athletes who decide to play and cooperate with Russia and Belarus must explain their decisions to the public «Our government has made it very clear. Canadians should avoid traveling to these countries. If they are still in Russia or Belarus, they should leave,» Canadian Foreign Minister Spokeswoman Melanie Joly quoted the CBC as saying. and on March 5 recommended to refrain from traveling to Russia and Belarus.
