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Latvia Bars Ovechkin From Entering Over ICC Case

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  • Foreign Minister Baiba Braze declared Alex Ovechkin persona non grata, barring his entry into Latvia.
  • Latvia also barred Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev from entering indefinitely.
  • Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) condemned Ovechkin’s ad participation in a Sept. 15 letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
  • Wilson said the ad features Maria Lvova-Belova, wanted by the ICC for unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.