Lukashenko attends Dinamo Minsk hockey match in Gagarin Cup playoffs

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko attended the Dinamo-Minsk game in the second round of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs. This was reported by the BelTA news agency on April 9.

It is noted that Ak Bars Kazan became the opponent of the Belarusian club in a series of up to four victories. The match took place on April 9 at the Minsk arena.

The second game of the hockey players will be held there on April 11. Next, the athletes will move to the capital of Tatarstan, where they will hold meetings on April 13 and 15. If necessary, additional matches of the series will be held on April 17, 19 and 21.

Serial numbers: the favorites confidently passed the first round of the Gagarin Cup

But last season's finalist is already out of the game.

Before that, on April 2, a pomeranian named Umka of the President of Belarus ran out to his master on the ice before hockey practice. Footage posted on social media shows the dog running into the Olympic Hockey Arena after the Belarusian leader and following Lukashenko. It was clarified that it was at a game of the Republican Hockey League.

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