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Oligarchs and government.
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+ prestige of owning a hockey club.
A friend of mine is a Calgary expat working for TatNeft, an oil&gas company which owns Ak Bars Kazan hockey club. He says this is almost a religion over there. Hockey players are treated like semi-gods. Whatever money the team needs, they always get. Attendance at games doesn't mean much.