The meeting in Moscow at the CSKA Arena stadium ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of Alexey Zhamnov's team.
As part of the Russian national team, the only goal was scored by Vyacheslav Voinov in the 48th minute of the match.
Assist on the account of Nikita Gusev.
Recall that in the opening match at the Channel One Cup Russia beat Canada (4: 3).
The next meeting of the national team will be held on December 18 with the Czech national team.
Earlier, Kovalchuk said that Russia is the favorite of the Olympic Games.