Ice hockey star named Ivan Fedotov has been arrested and forced into the Russian army after a $1.1M deal with Flyers, know his contract and news
The Olympian silver medalist, Ivan Fedotov, was arrested at a St Petersburg hockey rink in Russia on the charges that he planned to evade military service on July 1st.
Know Who Is Ivan Fedotov Flyers Russian Ice Hockey Player, Contract, Net Worth, Biography, Age, Family, Ethnicity, Ukraine War News
He signed a deal worth rupees 1.1 million dollars in May with the National Hockey League (NHL) team Philadelphia Flyers, who have now been drafted into the Russian army to fight in Ukraine.
Update on Ivan Fedotov's whereabouts from Karl Månsson. This follows a very disturbing Russian pattern. Detention turning into abduction, with also the victim apparently falling ill. A politically motivated action. https://t.co/bJTk7wgWgl
— Szymon Szemberg (@Sz1909_Szemberg) July 3, 2022
The 25-year-old Russian ice-hockey star Ivan Fedotov has been detained for evasion of mandatory military service in Russia.
According to his lawyer, he has also been hospitalized after being injected with unknown substances by force.
Fedotov had just signed with Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/7f3DepGDpf
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 3, 2022
The 25-year-old Fedotov, one of Russia’s best goalkeepers and a national team member, signed an entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the US National Hockey League. He has planned to quit his Russian club the Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA), to play in the United States.
Following the deal, all the Russian officials met the player at the exit of an ice arena in St Petersburg on July 1st and “invited him to go to the military registration and enlistment office” where he was accused of seeking to dodge the military draft, as stated by Russian online newspaper, Fontanka.
It is also said that the military prosecutor’s office believed that “there are limited grounds to be considered, Fedotov an army evader”. Apart from being born in Finland and raised in Russia, he is involved with CSKA as a player which makes him compulsory for the military, as stated in media reports.
Ivan Fedotov was born in Lappeenranta, Finland and the names of his parents are not known. He is 6ft 7in and his weight is close to 93 kgs as of 2022. He has completed his education from Finland.
The Finnish player Ivan Fedotov was born to be a professional ice hockey goaltender and made his KHL debut playing with the HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk from 2014 to 2015. Fedatov spent last year with the CSKA Moscow, which is a team that has its roots in the Russian army for long.
It is also one of the top club teams in KHL, Russia’s premier hockey league. Following the 2018– 2019 season, Fedotov was traded to Traktor Chelyabinsk on the 6th of May in 2019. On May 2nd, in year 2021, the player left Traktor after two seasons when he was traded to CSKA Moscow in exchange for financial compensation.
Ivan Fedotov’s Net Worth
Ivan Fedotov is estimated to have a net worth of nearly around $1-$2 million as of 2022.