On December 29, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met in St. Petersburg to discuss the practical issues of Russian-Belarusian cooperation. After the talks, the two presidents played hockey as planned.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the ice hockey friendly match was held in st. Petersburg's Strelilina Ice Hockey Hall on the same day, and the leaders of the two countries were assigned to the team in white jerseys, of which Putin wore the No. 11 jersey according to the custom, and Lukashenko wore the No. 1 shirt. During this period, Lukashenko's son Nikolai also participated in the competition.
The scene of the competition is pictured by the White News Agency
In the third minute of the first quarter, Putin scored the first goal, and the second goal was scored by Lukashenko. By the end of the match, Putin had scored seven goals, Lukashenko had scored two, and Nikolai had scored four. In the end, the teams of the two presidents won 18:7.
In fact, playing hockey is a "reserved item" for the leaders of the two countries. The most recent friendly was held in Sochi in February 2020, when the leaders of the two countries went to the Galaxy Sports Center in Sochi after talks and won by a score of 13:4.
On the other hand, this time with Putin and Lukashenko are former Soviet and Russian ice hockey stars, including State Duma Congressman Vyacheslav Fedishov, the general manager of the Russian national hockey team Ilya Kovalchuk and the general manager of the evening hockey league, Alexei Casatonov.
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