NHL | They call them Nazis, they threaten to kill them! The agent describes what the Russians have to face in the NHL

“The discrimination and racism that these Russian and Belarusian players are now facing is remarkable. We went back thirty years. The players call me, their parents call me. They are worried if they will be able to play, if they will be safe, “Milstein told ESPN.

Hockey players represented by him are said to face harassment on the streets, and some have already received death threats.

“People are shouting at them to return to their homeland. They call them Nazis and wish they were dead. They are human beings. They are hockey players. They are people who contribute to our society, pay millions in taxes to support the United States and Canada, do charitable events at home, “says Milstein, who was born in Kiev, emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 in 1991 as a political refugee and now is an American citizen.

“Stop looking at the boys as aggressors. Stop being racists. My clients are not afraid of themselves, but of their wives and small children, which they leave alone at home when they go on an outdoor trip, for example. They are really worried, “Milstein said, adding that the wife of one of the Russian or Belarusian players in the NHL published a photo of her young child on Instagram, in order to receive private reports stating that she had” Nazi children. “

“I can speak on behalf of my clients: They want world peace like everyone else. They are not treated like this, “said Milstein, who also represents defender Nikita Zadorov, who, as one of the few Russians, publicly condemned the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine by placing the anti-war slogan” No War “on Instagram. .

However, none of the Russian hockey players in the NHL condemned Vladimir Putin’s actions. Washington star Alexander Ovechkin even has a profile photo on his Instagram, in which he is currently with the Russian president.