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A handful of protesters outside Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre voiced their displeasure on Tuesday that Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin was allowed into Canada while supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Ovechkin → voice → Putin
The rally, which followed an appeal last month from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress that the federal government bar Ovechkin and “other promoters of Russia’s genocide against Ukraine” from entering the country, drew about 10 people before the Capitals played the host Senators on Tuesday night, according to a Postmedia photographer covering the rally.
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Capitals → follow → rally
Criticism of Ovechkin, who has long supported Putin, ramped up again earlier this year after the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring leader appeared in a campaign ad for the president’s United Russia party alongside Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and former Soviet hockey star Viacheslav Fetisov.
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leader → support → Lavrov
The UCC argued that by “continually and publicly endorsing Russian President Putin and his political party, Ovechkin is promoting Russia’s genocide against Ukraine” and should be barred from entering Canada – something NATO ally Latvia did in September.
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Latvia → argue → September
“That the National Hockey League celebrates Ovechkin and ignores his support of a genocidal regime is a moral stain on the NHL,” UCC national president Alexandra Chyczij said in a statement released on Oct. 8.
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Chyczij → celebrate → Oct.
“But the NHL’s cravenness in no way absolves the government of Canada from its responsibility to enforce the law and protect the security of Canadians.
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cravenness → absolve → Canadians
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Ovechkin: ‘I don’t know what to say’
Ovechkin, who founded the Putin Team social movement in 2017 to support the president’s campaign the following year, shrugged off the criticism in September, saying “I’m Russian and I support my country.
“I’m for peace and love and I hope in the world it doesn’t matter who you are, I hope everybody understands everybody wants peace and everybody hopes everything’s going to be OK in the world,” he said at the time.
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he → know → time
He had also told reporters “please, no more war,” when asked about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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He → tell → 2022
As for Tuesday’s protest, Ovechkin told reporters in Ottawa, via Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch: “I just heard about it this morning and I don’t know what to say.
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I → tell → what
Lots of protests are going on around the world.
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Lots → go → world
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The protest followed renewed debate over Russia’s involvement in international hockey after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal, announced last month, allowing their athletes to compete on the world stage this season.
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athletes → recommend → stage
The International Ice Hockey Federation was ordered to allow Russian athletes to compete in the world juniors, the under-18 men’s and women’s world championships and the senior men’s and women’s worlds this year despite IIHF concerns about security and safety at its events.
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athletes → order → events
Prime Minister Mark Carney, meanwhile, vowed that Russian athletes would not be allowed to compete for their country at next month’s world juniors in Alberta as long as the Ukraine war continues, although Norway’s hockey governing body cast doubt on that decision after announcing on Sunday that they had been bumped from the tournament in favour of Russia.
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they → vow → Russia
Ovechkin waded into the debate as well on Tuesday, saying fans want to see the “best players” at international events.
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fans → wad → events
“I don’t know how it’s going to work out,” he said, “but I’m pretty sure if you asked the fans, the fans want to see the best players out there and the fans want to see the young players who are going to be future stars, future NHLers.”
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who → know → players
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