What Others Write About the Czechs – 4 November 2026

In brief

• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that hockey players from Russia and Belarus will not take part in the World Junior Hockey Championship in the province of Alberta in December and January, The Moscow Times reported.
• According to Carney's words, athletes from these countries will not represent their states in Canada as long as the war in Ukraine continues.
• The Moscow Times reports that the hockey federations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Czech Republic refused to play against Russia at next year's men's world championship in Germany.

Russian press

According to The Moscow Times, an independent Russian news outlet operating in exile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that hockey players from Russia and Belarus will not take part in the World Junior Hockey Championship held in December and January in the province of Alberta. The outlet quotes his words that, as long as the war in Ukraine continues, athletes from these countries will not represent their countries in Canada. The Moscow Times also reports that the Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Czech hockey federations refused to play against Russia at next year's men's world championship in Germany (Russia Will Not Compete at World Junior Hockey Championship in Canada, PM Carney Says – The Moscow Times).

Read also

• Co inni piszą o Litwie – 4 listopada 2026