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During the week, Belarus has been heavily questioned as the host of next year’s hockey World Cup, due to all the riots and allegations of election fraud in the country.
Baskov, suspected of witnessing the fatal beating of regime critic Roman Bondarenko, denies the accusations.
“These are serious allegations, and the IIHF is in the process of gathering facts about this incident,” wrote International Hockey Federation communications director Adam Steiss in an email to SVT Sport yesterday.
“I was in the place”
According to Aleksandr Opejkin, president of the Sports Solidarity Fund in Belarus, Baskov has often been seen in places where protests have been held.
– According to witnesses, he was also in this place at that time, Opejkin tells SVT foreign reporter Elin Jönsson.
Now images are broadcast, taken the night where the fatal beating occurred. In addition, there is a recorded conversation between Baskov and President Alexander Lukashenko’s press secretary Natalya Eismont, where they are heard planning a visit to the farm in question on the night of the assault.
The source behind the recording is unknown, but there is no doubt that it is Baskov’s voice, Opejkin says.
SVT has unsuccessfully applied to the Baskov and Belarus ice hockey federations.
