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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Nothing is 'clear'. Russia hasn't had anything resembling democracy, liberty, or free speech for the vast majority of Ovechkin's lifetime. He is from a different world from the one where we live in. The same world where a young Evgeny Malkin's ice hockey team once took his passport away from him to keep him from leaving the country and becoming an NHLer.
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No doubt Ovechkin has been influenced to like Putin. But the people saying all of his past expressions of admiration are because of threats are engaging in huge speculation to explain away actual events. Putin is a scary guy who doesn’t shy away from killing or harming political opponents or reporters who threaten him. But I don’t see why he’d do that just to get a hockey player to say he liked him.
Occkham’s Razor.