(Reuters) -Finnish and Swedish ice hockey players playing in the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and other leagues in Russia will not be selected for their national teams, the two countries' ice hockey associations said on Monday.
The move followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow describes as a "special military operation".
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