Russians may be sanctioned for O Canada snub.

[unkl brws]

Apparently its just the team and not Russia itself that's facing sanctions. Why use the word "sanctions" instead of a word like "fined"? Anything to put Russia in a bad light I guess.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/russians-may-be-sanctioned-for-o-canada-snub-1.3078225

 

[latulipenoire]

I will have to wait and read more of this as I didn't understand why the Russian team left before even playing? Also, has anyone given any explanation, like a boycott or something? I agree that the word 'sanctions' seem to stick with Russia every time, like a permanent alias...Strange news indeed. Thank you for sharing, Bruce.

 

[Laura]

No disrespect to Canada in leaving ice early after hockey final – Russian officials, players

Russia’s hockey squad left the ice before listening to the anthem of World Championship final winners, Canada. But it wasn’t a walkout in protest, just an organizational blunder, Russian sports officials and players said. ...

After the game, the Russian players received their silver medals and most of the team left for the locker room before the national anthem of newly-crowned champions Canada was played.

Only a handful of Russian team’s members remained on the O2 Arena ice, which included the country’s top stars, Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Malkin. http://rt.com/news/259689-russia-canada-hockey-anthem/

I can see why an initial scoping of the story might have made it seem like a newsworthy political piece, but really... it isn't that interesting.