MOSCOW, September 30, Alena Sulizova. Decision of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) allowing the Russian team to the top division if it returns to international competitions is not a positive development — it's all in words, said the head coach of the national team Alexei Zhamnov. On Friday, the IIHF congress decided that the Russian teams would return to the top division of the World Championship after the suspension from international competitions. «How this will continue to happen, we don't know, right. So far, everything is in words. How it will be in practice, it is impossible to predict anything. It is clear that everyone wants us to return to the strongest division, but how In fact, it will be, I don’t know. The shift will be serious when the team specifically returns to international competitions — in fact. For now, it’s all just words,» Zhamnov said. competitions for an indefinite period. The teams have already missed the 2022 World Cup in Finland. Later, the independent disciplinary board of the IIHF rejected the appeal of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RHF) to remove the Russian national teams from participation in international competitions.
