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Russian ice hockey player detained over military service charge, RIA reports

FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Gold Medal Game - Finland v Russian Olympic Committee - National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 20, 2022. Ivan Fedotov of the Russian Olympic Committee drinks water. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

A Russian ice hockey player under contract with a U.S.-based National Hockey League (NHL) team has been detained in Russia over charges he evaded military service and has since been taken to a military hospital after falling ill, his lawyer told a Russian state news agency.

Ivan Fedotov, a goaltender on the Russian team that won silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year, signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in May.

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