We are outraged, Spartak Moscow rages over the next chapter of the summer saga. He wants to defend himself in court

When it became known on the penultimate day of June that a participant in nine world championships and two Olympics (including this year’s in Beijing) had scratched the surface for Spartak’s year, a fair amount of hype was created.

She was in Latvia at the end of April; two months after the start of the war in Ukraine; adopted an amendment to the sports law, which stipulates that athletes and officials cannot participate in any competitions held in Russia or Belarus. Otherwise, they will not be able to wear the national team jersey…

Indrasis took his time then. He broke the wall of silence only after a week. He condemned the war in Ukraine, said he would never play in Russia under the current situation, and denied signing a contract with Spartak.

However, only the parties involved know whether the native of Riga was telling the truth. The KHL itself, which registers contracts, informed about his contract with the Moscow club. And she informed that Indrašis, who has been working continuously in it since 2011 (he only played the end of last season after engagements in Podolsk and Vladivostok in Biel, Switzerland), will remain in the competition.

But he won’t stay. Well, to be more precise, he probably won’t stay. On Monday, Schwenninger, the penultimate team of last season’s German DEL, announced that it had parted ways with Indrašis for a year.

“I am excited that I can play for him and I would like to thank the management for their trust and professionalism. My ambitions are quite simple. I want to play for the title,” said Lotyš, who should thus become a teammate of Czech forward David Černý.

And Spartak really dialed it up. The Muscovites continue to maintain that their contract with Indrashis for 17 million rubles is valid. And if the player wants to terminate it on his own initiative, according to KHL regulations, he must pay a third of the salary (roughly 5.6 million rubles). And according to the Russian club, nothing like that happened.

“Spartak is outraged by the news in the media that Miks Indrašis, who has a valid contract with our club, has entered into an agreement with another European team. Let us remind you that the KHL contracts are recognized by the IIHF. Therefore, the problem between Spartak and Indrasis will be solved in the legal field. We are also talking about respect for all of Russian hockey, so we count on the support of the KHL and the FHR (Russian Hockey Federation),” Spartak’s press department told championat.com.