{"id":7650,"date":"2021-01-13T16:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=149681"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:57:35","slug":"hockey-chief-regrets-images-from-absolutely-necessary-lukashenka-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/13\/hockey-chief-regrets-images-from-absolutely-necessary-lukashenka-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Chief ‘Regrets’ Images From ‘Absolutely Necessary’ Lukashenka Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
The head of the IIHF, Rene Fasel, says he “regrets the negative reaction” to his meeting this week with Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk and it wasn’t a sign of support for the violent crackdown on demonstrators who dispute August elections that kept him in power.<\/p>\n\n