Sunday 3 July 2022 12:06 PM Russian hockey star detained after signing $1m deal with American team is sent ... trends now
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The Russian ice hockey star who was detained on Friday and sent to an army enlistment office was transferred to a naval base in the Arctic overnight.
Olympic silver medalist Ivan Fedotov, 25, last month signed a contract worth $1.1million (£900,000) to play for American team the Philadelphia Flyers.
But two days ago he was rounded up by Russian plain-clothes policemen and taken to an army enlistment office in St Petersburg.
Fedotov, widely seen as the best goalie in the Russian-Chinese KHL league, is accused of seeking to dodge the draft as Russia struggles to recruit soldiers to fight in Ukraine.
Russian Olympic silver medalist Fedotov signed a $1.1million contract to play in the US in June
A Russian torpedo-fitted submarine is pictured at the Arctic naval base, where Fedotov is now
Men as old as 49 are allowed to enlist to fight in Putin's 'special military operation'.
In response to Fedotov's detainment, Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher said the team was aware of the situation, but has 'no further comment at this time'.
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