Russia-Ukraine war: NHL legend says Dmitry Medvedev sent him death threats

Dominik Hasek It opened about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and naturally received the return from the head of the country.

But that came to the point where the legendary NHL goalkeeper said he was former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev She brought threats to death against him.

Hasek, who currently lives in the Czech Republic, said in the x post That he had sent “official letters” of both officers on the International Olympic Committee and the International Federation for Ice Hockey to “inform them that … Medvevev threatened to kill me.”

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“Furthermore, among other things, I emphasize how important their decisions will be in the coming months and again to offer help in creating rules that sports competitions are not advertising for the Russian war, and people do not die because of them,” Hasek said. “I consider both letters very important not only for IOC and IIHF, but also for the whole sports and also a non-sports community. Therefore, I will publish them in a few days.”

Medvedev, who is currently the Deputy Chief of the Russian Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said through his assistant that Hasek had suffered from “rusophobia”, should be careful as he crosses the roads and should not drink beer in unverified places.

Hasek was a vocal critic of war and the participation of Russian athletes at international competitions and leagues, including NHL, saying that he just promoted the war against Ukraine and allows human suffering.

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Shortly after the invasion, Hasek advocated for NHL and forbid the Olympic Games of the Russians to play unless they spoke against the war. Recently, as Alex ovchkin He was on his way to the breakdown of the Wayne Gretzky goal record, he called Ovechkin, a longtime supporter of Putin, a “huge advertisement for aggressive Russian war and other Russian crimes.”

In a later post written in Russian, Hasek thanked those who support him.

“I would like to thank everyone, without exception, who supported me after the repeated threats of former Russian President Medvedev. I greatly appreciate him. It also gives me the strength to continue with this very important work, whose main purpose is to save human life. His words are contemptuous to human life and I am very pleased that you have condemned such actions.” He posted.

Czech Prime Minister Petra Fiala said on X that such threats were “absolutely unacceptable.” He added that they were not surprising, but they could not be neglected because Medvedev was not a private person.

“Medvedev acts again as a primitive,” the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipaský ​​said on Wednesday. “This time, attacking the legend of NHL, Dominik Hasek simply because of the speech of the truth – the truth about the Russian war and abuse of sports in promoting. Such intimidation can be normal in Putin’s Russia, not in the civilized world!”

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In his comments on the record, Medvedev said that Hasek’s suicide could be expected.

Hasek was a six-time winner of the NHL All-Star and Vestina Award. During his career he won two Stanley Cup.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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