Hockey legend Dominik Hašek has not been afraid to indulge his strictly defined political views for a long time, and since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he has also publicly reserved himself against Russia. The presenter of the Russian channel Match TV invited Hašek for an interview and he nodded without hesitation. And although everything took place, the interview has not yet been published. The newspaper iSport.blesk brought an exclusive version of the questions and answers! Journalist Nora Fridrichová also commented on his interview via social networks.
The strictly expressed opinions of the former goalkeeper Dominik Hašek (57) are quite audible. Especially on Twitter with “Dominator” is not afraid to exaggerate his political positions and the situation in Ukraine does not leave him cold either, since the outbreak of the war he has strongly reserved himself against Russia. The last time he objected to the return of hockey player Dmitri Yashkin to the KHL, which once again caused stormy emotions.
The host of the Russian MATCH TV channel, Anton Anisimov, asked him for an interview, and although Hašek nodded without hesitation and sent answers to emailed questions on time, the television has not yet published the interview.
They asked me (from RF) to answer their questions. And they promised to release them exactly as I answered. This has not happened yet, so I will share it with you. I will be happy if you read and share with others. And possibly you can also handle Russian athletes. https://t.co/p0YhUfsGrS
— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) July 29, 2022
“They asked me (from the RF) to answer their questions. And they promised to release them exactly as I answered. It hasn’t happened yet, so I’ll share it with you. I will be happy if you read and share with others. And possibly you will also handle the Russian athletes,” it says in Hašek’s tweet.
Dominik Hašek: interview with Russian television
He attached a link to the tweet to iSport.Blesk.cz, which brought an exclusive version of the questions and answers! To be sure, Hašek gave the answers to the television in both Czech and Russian versions, so that nothing would be lost in translation.
“You want to ban all citizens of the Czech Republic from working in Russia? Why?” “Of course. Work, by definition, creates values. This means that Czech citizens create values for the Russian state through their work. This automatically supports the Russian state and its aggression against our ally, the democratic Ukraine, which you invaded militarily. They also support your aggressive policy towards Ukraine’s allies. In other words, the work of Czech citizens in the Russian Federation supports Russian aggression and greatly increases the danger for the citizens of the Czech Republic and our allies. And this must be stopped urgently by law.” sounds, for example, in an interview.
Nora Fridrichová feels proud
The interview did not go unnoticed by Czech Television columnist Nora Fridrichová. “When reading the Russian TV interview with Dominik Hašek, I feel a similar pride as when he stood in our hockey goal,” she commented on her Facebook.
