International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) disqualified President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation (FHF) Dmitry Baskov for five years.

This was reported by the organization on its website..

The corresponding decision was made by the IIHF disciplinary board after a ten-month investigation.. Following the investigation, the council ruled that Basque violated the IIHF code of conduct. In particular, he abused his official powers in the Federation to support Alexander Lukashenko, and also threatened and discriminated against Belarusian athletes because of their political beliefs.. Basque suspended from September 10, 2021 to September 9, 2026.

On November 25, 2020, the IIHF informed the Ice Hockey Federation of Belarus and Baskov personally about the start of an investigation into his alleged involvement in the incident that led to the death of Belarusian citizen Roman Bondarenko.

The incident took place on November 11, 2020 on the Square of Change in Minsk, where a group of people gathered for a peaceful protest. Then Bondarenko was attacked by a group of unknown persons in masks, was seriously injured and died from these injuries the next day.. Basque denied involvement in the incident.

As a result of the investigation, the disciplinary council did not find evidence of Baskov's involvement in the incident, but did not find any evidence of his innocence.. However, as part of the audit, the council recorded a series of other violations by the head of the Belarusian federation, which led to a decision on his temporary suspension..