Russia will not remove hockey teams from international tournaments -. Dagtyarb.
Russia will not withdraw its national hockey teams from international tournaments, Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said. Teams that boycott games against Russia will receive losses, while countries that create obstacles to Russian participation may lose hosting rights.
"To expect this from Moscow is the height of hysteria. And the Swedish claims that playing against Russia will cause psychological trauma is simply idiotic. ' "Such statements only show that the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic countries and now Canada have become outcasts from world sports. '.
Moscow will also ask the IOC to closely monitor the situations related to Canada, which does not want to include Russians in the World Junior Championships, and Germany, which has made similar statements ahead of the World Senior Championships.