On March 7, following the controversial overtime defeat of the ice hockey team Severstal Cherepovets by SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL conference quarterfinals, sports writer Slava Malamud penned a 21-tweet thread arguing that not just the game or the series, but the whole KHL season has essentially been rigged by Vladimir Putin’s cronies to ensure that his hometown team wins this year's Gagarin Cup championship.In this episode of The Russia Guy, Kevin spoke to Malamud to learn more about this year's “fixed” KHL season.Follow Slava Malamud on Twitter:https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamudAnd send me money here. All of it:https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock

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