MOSCOW, Oct 27 Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Smolek said that Hasek's efforts to prevent Russians from attending the regular season matches of the National Hockey League (NHL), which took place in the Czech Republic, his private activities, which do not contradict the approach of the Czech Foreign Ministry. The NHL season started with San Jose and Nashville matches as part of the Global Series October 7th and 8th in Prague. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Martin Smolek said that the department warned the NHL about a possible ban on entry into the country for Russian citizens. After the matches, Hasek tweeted that the Czech Republic would not be happy with the NHL until the leadership of the league resigns, and the new one does not apologize for the participation of the Russians in the regular season matches. «From the very beginning of the military special operation in Ukraine, the Czech Republic adheres to a position shared by several other member states of the European Union that Russian citizens are not allowed non-essential travel within the EU In accordance with these measures, the Czech Foreign Ministry informed the NHL that the Czech Republic could not issue visas to Russian players for matches to be held in Prague The efforts of Dominik Hasek in this matter are his private activities, but they do not contradict the approach of the Foreign Ministry, «Smolek quotes The Athletic. The matches were attended by Russian forwards Evgeny Svechnikov from San Jose and Yakov Trenin from Nashville.
