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Nikolay Yaremenko is a famous and influential journalist; the person who headed the popular sports radio station "Radio Sport" in its golden years (2007 – 2013); the editor-in-chief of the country's first sports media – the newspaper "Soviet Sport" (2016 – 2023), who relaunched the old brand and breathed new life into it; currently the editor-in-chief of the sports department of the "Moscow 24" television channel.. The author of more than 20 books on sports – figure skating, hockey, football, and the Olympic movement. The most resonant book is "Football Will Kill Russia." An honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Radio (RAR), an associate professor at the Department of Mass Communications and Media Business of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, a multiple laureate of the National Radio Award "Radiomania," the City of Moscow Award for Best Journalist of the Year, and many others. His investigations, journalistic materials, and journalistic books always evoke genuine interest from readers. Some disagree, some are surprised that they didn't realize it before, but certainly, no one remains indifferent. Ice hockey, or as it was initially called in the Soviet press, Canadian hockey, has always been popular with us. From the first departure of the national team to the World Championship, from the very first victory over the Canadians, hockey masters became national heroes and beloved by all. Victories of the Soviet team were a source of pride, and sports fans knew the players by name. Since the early 90s, the situation has changed: "golden" medals are certainly not in our pocket. And we returned the Olympic "gold" only after a 26-year pause. But can this make us turn away from the second most popular sport in the country? Who really controls hockey in Russia today? How many years will the exclusion from international competitions last? Why do many experts talk about the degradation of this popular game? The author personally met with a huge number of key figures in the world of modern hockey. The conversations with them formed the first, "historical" part of this book. The second part – a critical view of the indifferent