For more than a dozen years Alex often has skated between two worlds his country of birth and his professional home
He's beloved cheered and revered in both
He regularly has tried to appease supporters in these disparate homes making his living playing hockey in the United States
capital while spending much of his offseason in rushes and
While the hockey star has never hidden his affection for Vladimir Putin of can this month raise the stakes considerably
Announcing on his Instagram account that he was organizing a movement to support the Russian president
Today I want to announce a social movement in the name of Putin team of kin wrote in the post
Accompanied by foes who evolved can being embraced by the Russian leader be a part of this scheme to me. It's a privilege
It's like the feeling of when you put on the jersey of the Russian team knowing that the whole country is rooting for you of
Canela to post with the hashtag hash fusion team
Ok now finds himself awkwardly in the middle of a geopolitical
Maelstrom perhaps by his own doing tugged in multiple directions
Just as he has been for much of his extraordinary career
He has given an unwavering
endorsement to a man who u.s. Intelligence
Agencies say sanctioned Russian meddling in last year's presidential election and who's athletic
National Olympic community for a state-sponsored doping scheme at the same time of can insists his
Advocacy is free of politics. I'm not a politic of consent in a recent interview
I don't know. What's happening out there. I know it's a hard situation, but it is what it is
You know I play here, and this is my second home
I don't want to fight between two countries because it's going to be a mess
Okin says the Putin team movement was his idea though
There are signs that a Kremlin backed public relations firm might have played the role of
Concession to wave the Putin banner comes at and especially awkward time relations between the countries are afraid and a special Council is
investigating possible
coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials ahead of the
2016 election seven in 10 Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of Russia according to a recent Gallup poll
The situation is certainly a thorny one for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League, Ted
Leonsis the Capitals team owner who signed oak into a 13-year
124 million dollar contract in
2008 declined to comment for this article as did the league office the Capitals prefer for Oakland to discuss the
Situation himself keeping team brass at arm's length from a sensitive topic. That's fraught with complications
There's as a business relationship in which Orkin is paid handsomely
He will earn 10 million dollars this season
But team officials know that even off the ice one of the game's most
Recognizable players must always represent Russia as well as Washington
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