Former President of the International Ice Hockey Association, Rene Fasel, is still an undesirable person in international hockey circles.
Hi friend! Former chairman of the International Ice Hockey Association IIHF, Rene Fasel (left), with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow in 2021. Aop
The hockey World Cup will start on Friday in Stockholm and Hernig. One well -known hockey face is gone.
Former long-time long-time chairman of the International IIHF IIHF, Rene Fasel, has not been officially invited from IIHF to the Congress or Games of the IIHF at all.
This is how different sources tell Iltalehti.
Fasel chaired the IIHF for a total of 27 years between 1994 and 2021.
The Swiss -born Fasel has established a warm relationship with Russia and is known as a personal friend of dictator Vladimir Putin.
According to Interfax news agency, Fasel received Russian citizenship in February 2023.
According to Swiss sources, 75-year-old Fasel is still working on Russian hockey. The role of Putin’s friend is probably on the development of judges.
The man has a home at least in Moscow and also different businesses to the east of the border.
Asked the Swedes
Swiss Rene Fasel (right) is a friend of big boys. Here the man shakes the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. Aop
Fasel reportedly wanted to come to Stockholm.
According to information received by Iltalehti, the man asked the Swedish Ice Hockey Association about the opportunity to participate, but it did not wake up to the Russian citizen.
In February last year, the IIHF Board of Directors decided that Russia and Belarus would not be allowed to participate in international hockey competitions in 2024-25.
The block is, of course, the cause of a brutal attack war in Ukraine by Russia.
It is unlikely that Russia and Belarus will be seen next February at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
The Lions World Championships will start on Friday at 5:20 pm in Stockholm. The opening opponent is Austria.