The Kremlin commented on the draft of the hockey player of the Russian national team in the army

MOSCOW, July 4 Emotional comments on the situation with the goalkeeper of the Russian national hockey team Ivan Fedotov is inappropriate: conscription is legally stipulated in Russia, and in a specific case with a possible conscription of an athlete into the army, you need to contact the Ministry of Defense, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation. On Friday, the media reported that Fedotov was detained in St. military registration and enlistment office. The source said that the goalkeeper faces up to two years in prison under Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — for evading military service. On Sunday, the goalkeeper's lawyer Alexei Ponomarev said that his client is supposedly being sent to Severomorsk, but there is no connection with him. «There can be no human comments here, there is a law, we have military duty by law. Here are some emotional comments are absolutely inappropriate, there are certain reasons for delays, service regimes, including for athletes, and so on and so forth. Therefore, some kind of emotional reasoning is hardly appropriate here,» Peskov told reporters in response to a question about being drafted into army for military service Fedotov, who had previously signed a contract with the Philadelphia NHL club. For details on the situation with the hockey player, Peskov advised to contact the Russian Ministry of Defense.