Ivan Fedotov (25), one of the goalkeepers of the Russian team at the last Winter Olympics (in Beijing), is currently imprisoned in his country. He is accused of refusing to perform his military service when Russia invaded Ukraine. But his lawyer disputed these charges.
At the Beijing Olympics, Fedotov won a silver medal, the Russian Olympic Committee team having lost in the final against Finland. He was playing this season for CSKA Moscow, with whom he won the Russian Championship (KHL). Last May, Ivan Fedotov signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, one of the NHL franchises.
According to his lawyer, he was transferred to a military hospital. ” As I understand it, due to stress, he had gastritisthe latter told a Russian news agency. Ivan feels bad. He says he does not have full medical assistance. »