Two-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Fetisov has stated that he will not be watching the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship, and he advises others to do the same.
“I’m not even thinking about watching this tournament. And I don’t recommend it to anyone. I don’t see the point when we’ve been cynically thrown out of everything. What can we possibly see there?” Fetisov said.
The 2026 World Championship is scheduled to take place from May 15 to 31 in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland. The Russian national team has been banned from IIHF-sanctioned tournaments since 2022.
