“We fully support Panarin and the Rangers.
We continue to monitor the situation, "- quotes the words of the league journalist Dan Rosen in his Twitter.
Recently, the former coach of Vityaz Podolsk, Andrey Nazarov, told how Panarin beat an 18-year-old girl in Riga while playing for the club in 2011.
In the current NHL regular season, Panarin played 14 matches and scored 18 points (five goals and 13 assists).
Earlier, the deputy Lebedev called the accusations against Panarin about the beating of the girl as gossip.