The International Hockey Federation (IIHF) was forced to move the World Junior Championship from Canada to another country that was ready to guarantee the participation of all teams - this was the only legal solution, said Mikhail Degtyarev.
The decision to hold the tournament without the Russian team due to the fact that the Canadian authorities refused to issue visas to the Russians should receive the harshest assessment from the International Olympic Committee and entail consequences for the right of the IIHF to host international competitions.
"We consider the IIHF's claims of force majeure intolerable. For a long time, the federation maintained a deliberately discriminatory position towards Russia, contrary to the decision of its arbitration body."
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