The Congress of Ukrainians in Canada appealed to the government of the country with a call not to issue a Canadian visa to the Washington hockey player and the Russian national team Alexander Ovechkin.

“Washington” on January 30 to play the regular season NHL game in Toronto. Russian striker needs a visa to enter the country.

Congress wrote an open letter to Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on the issue.

The organization recalled that Ovechkin did not condemn Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In addition, the hockey player is the founder of the public movement Putin Team, which is aimed at supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin..

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Earlier it was reported that the goalkeeper of the Russian national hockey team was forcibly sent to the army.