CSKA issued a statement about Fedotov serving in the army

MOSCOW, Sep 9The Moscow hockey club CSKA stated on its official website that it had not and is not negotiating the exchange of rights to goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov with other clubs in the Continental Hockey League (KHL). once again I would like to bring to the attention of journalists and fans the information that the hockey club has not negotiated and is not negotiating either a contract with goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov, who serves in the armed forces of the Russian Federation, or an exchange of rights to him with other KHL clubs We ask journalists to stop speculating and hype on incorrect coverage of the situation around Ivan,» the club said in a statement. Earlier, military registration and enlistment office officers detained 25-year-old Fedotov in St. Petersburg. The goalkeeper, after the end of the season in the Continental Hockey League (KHL), where he played for CSKA Moscow, signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). At the moment, the athlete is in a military unit in the Arkhangelsk region and, as his lawyer Alexei Ponomarev noted, «he maintains his physical shape as best he can.»