Metnar to Russian Hockey Players in the Czech Republic: Visa Ban in Effect
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The Czech authorities are planning to deny visas to Russian athletes to participate in the World Hockey Championships among young people, reported Czech journalist Josef Kopecki. "In the Czech Republic, Russian players at the World Hockey Championship until the age of 18 in Ostrava won't play. They won't get visas," Kopecki wrote in X. According to the journalist, the Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Lubomir Metnar, stated that th…
The Czech Republic is not bound by the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to which Russian teams can participate in hockey championships again with immediate effect. This was stated by Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar (ANO) on Monday after a government meeting, who recalled that a ban on issuing short-term visas to Russians is in force.
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