The chairman of Fribourg is struggling with the removal of the tribute.
Today, René Fasel is a citizen of Russia. PDO
Taking Russian citizenship and close connections to a warring country might take away From René Fasel honor in Switzerland.
The Freiburger Nachrichten newspaper reports that Fribourg-Gottéron is required to remove Fasel’s name from the club’s home hall due to the puck manager’s connections to Russia. The former president of the International Ice Hockey Federation was reported to have received Russian citizenship last week and started working Gennady Timchenko as a partner in the company he owns. Fasel also works in Russia in the development work of the Hockey League KHL.
In January of last year, a celebration was organized at Fribourg’s BCF arena, where Fasel’s name was stamped on the stands.
Now Blick, among others, is required to hang it down Gregory Beaud.
– Today it is time for Friborg to open its eyes and cancel the tribute given to René Fasel. Any decision other than removing the poster would be unsustainable, Beaud says in his writing.
The honorary president of the IIHF represented his hometown club as an amateur before switching to refereeing.
Under consideration
Chairman of Fribourg Hubert Waeber says the idea needs serious consideration.
– As I have stated, I don’t like mixing politics and sports, but we have to honestly think about it. It is clear, Waeber commented to La Liberté.
– If we remove Fasel’s name, maybe Slava Bykov’s name should also be removed, and so on. That’s why we need time to think about it.
As a player, Punakonene legend Bykov represented Friborg in 1990–98.