The Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee will send materials to the IOC about threats to boycott the Russian hockey team at the 2027 World Championship, said Sports Minister and ROC Chairman Mikhail Dagetyarev. "All these boycotts are actually directed against world sports. These countries deny their national team the opportunity to compete, compete head-to-head, and deny their fans a spectacle. It's a form of infantilism," he said. According to the rules, the team will receive a technical defeat of 0:5 for abandoning a game with Russia. The minister noted that Russia wants to compete on the ice, and not achieve victories due to the lack of opponents. Earlier, the federations of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic announced their unwillingness to play with the Russian national team. Latvia cannot host such games due to a legal ban.

The Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee will send materials to the IOC about threats to boycott the Russian hockey team at the 2027 World Championship, said Sports Minister and ROC Chairman Mikhail Dagetyarev. "All these boycotts are actually directed against world sports. These countries deny their national team the opportunity to compete, compete head-to-head, and deny their fans a spectacle. It's a form of infantilism," he said. According to the rules, the team will receive a technical defeat of 0:5 for abandoning a game with Russia. The minister noted that Russia wants to compete on the ice, and not achieve victories due to the lack of opponents. Earlier, the federations of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic announced their unwillingness to play with the Russian national team. Latvia cannot host such games due to a legal ban.