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Hockey Players From North America Should Be Aware Of Possible Sanctions If Signing With The KHL

10/02/2014 at 11:11am EDT

from Rick Westhead of TSN,

The NHL Players' Association is advising player agents that signing their clients to contracts in Russia's KHL may run afoul of recently imposed economic sanctions on Russia, violations that can lead to possible financial or criminal punishments.

The U.S., Canada and European Union levied a series of economic sanctions on Russia after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region in March. The sanctions, which in some cases have been broadened over the past months, have targeted many of Russia's richest businessmen who are close to President Vladimir Putin, including some KHL team owners.

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