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"Every athlete from Russia...now represents murder, represents Putin...We cannot allow Russian athletes to play with us in the current circumstances" - Dominik Hasek, ice hockey player, 2-times Olympic medalist, explains why Russian athletes shouldn't be allowed into any competition.
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We recorded this last week in Kyiv. In the next few days I plan to send a video to all Ukrainian athletes in the war zone.

@stora_norrland @hasek_dominik There are countless amounts of Ukraine athletes that would have been representing ukraine at the Olympics had they not been murdered by Russia so why should Russia be allowed to participate it makes me sick

@hasek_dominik Exactly. Everyone knows they are russian whatever flag is flown. And if they win, russia takes credit. And if they are even there, it shows that the world condones genocide.

@hasek_dominik I remember him. He is one of the best goalkeepers ever. Nice to see him again even if he stopped my team from winning countless times. On this issue I completely back him.

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@hasek_dominik It's sad but fact. I can't imagine any athlete wanting to bunk in with them at the Olympics, awkward at the very least. As for professional sport, musicians etc, they all pay Russian taxes therefore funding the war & genocide. Unfortunately it all has to stop immediately.

@hasek_dominik Quite simply, they don’t have any place in a civilised sporting competition. Under the Russian national flag or under any pretend ‘neutral athletes’ cover.

@stora_norrland @hasek_dominik Nobody wants orcs in the olympics!

@hasek_dominik I've said it before but I'll say it again: the only thing against nobody showing up for Ruzzian events is that it would make the orcs winners by default. Bar them altogether. Let them have their own "Friendship" Games. They did before.
