Canadian hockey player Lee announced his desire to meet with Putin

Canadian defender of the hockey club (HC) Sochi Cameron Lee, who received Russian citizenship in 2023, expressed a desire to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I would really like to meet him and thank him for the passport. <...> Meeting him would be the coolest thing in my life," Lee said in an interview with Metaratings.

He also noted that he considers the Russian leader to be the most influential person in the world and wants to take a photo with him, like the Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin.

In the 2025/26 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) regular season, Lee played 52 matches, in which he scored two goals and provided 20 assists, adds "Газета.Ru ".

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On December 9 last year, Putin and American leader Donald Trump entered the top 5 ranking of the most influential leaders in Europe according to Politico. The newspaper positions the rating as a list of people who "determined Europe's policy and strategy for the next year." There are 28 positions in the list. Trump topped this rating, while Putin was ranked fifth by the Politico editorial board.

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