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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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"a hockey player"? This is Alex Ovechkin we're talking about. ARguably the greatest Russian hockey player of all time.
But on the topic of hockey
Just look at how much effort is being put into not upsetting Putin.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Really? How so? Unless the “devastated” person was Ovechkin, which I didn’t think was the case.
Anyway, it was Ovie who set up a foundation for Putin. I’m not saying Ovie is a bad guy, I’m saying he has been influenced and star struck.
https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey...ggest-fans-why |
That article is good... precisely because it examines a lot of the uncertain motives behind those events and the fuzzy reality of what it's like to be someone like Ovechkin.