Economics
Russian Answer to NHL Spreads Sway Amid Ukraine Sanctions
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As the U.S. and Europe widen sanctions on Russians and companies they control for failing to defuse a crisis in Ukraine, the Kontinental Hockey League may allow President Vladimir Putin to expand his influence abroad.
In today’s decisive seventh game, Russian team Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Lev Praha of the Czech Republic 7-4 to win its first Gagarin Cup. Lev joined the KHL two years ago, with clubs from the capitals of Slovakia and Croatia among four teams from outside Russia to have entered the league in the past six years.