“Don't you know that our national team hasn't played at the Olympic Games since 1988?
Well, it will not be 20 years to play if some foreigners play with us, "RIA Novosti quotes Putin.
At the moment, RPL has a limit on legionnaires according to the "8 + 17" scheme.
Each club can enter a maximum of eight foreigners per season.
Earlier it was reported that the Minister of Sports of Russia Oleg Matytsin commented on the possible cancellation of the limit on foreign players in the RPL.