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‘You upset all of Belarus’. Lukashenko shares joke with Tatarstan head about Dinamo Minsk’s playoff loss

MINSK, 25 May (BelTA) - During a meeting with Head of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov on 25 May, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko jokingly brought up the quarterfinal playoff series of the current Gagarin Cup season, in which HC Ak Bars swept HC Dinamo Minsk 4-0, BelTA has learned.

“Sometimes you do things that aren’t very nice,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “You beat HC Dinamo Minsk. 4-0, no less. You upset all of Belarus.”

“Didn’t mean to,” Rustam Minnikhanov replied.

“Still, it was a good lesson for us,” the Belarusian president remarked.

In turn, the head of Tatarstan noted that Ak Bars ultimately didn’t win the Gagarin Cup.

“No, but they played well in the finals,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “I saw a certain lack of composure. They were one step away from victory. But those seconds… Well, that’s hockey, that’s the game.”

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