At the same time as the war in Ukraine is going on, the playoffs in the ice hockey league in the KHL begin, where several Swedes play.
The Finnish KHL team Jokerit has previously withdrawn from the playoffs and Latvian Dinamo Riga has withdrawn from the league.
Also on the player front, there have been reports of players leaving the league.
On Tuesday, the American Nick Shore broke his contract with Siberia Novisibirsk and today Markus Granlund, who won Olympic gold with Finland in February, leaves his club.
"I do not want to comment but I have left Ufa", Granlund writes to Yle.
Yle also writes that the Canadians Geoff Platt and Philip Larsen have left Salavat Yulaev Ufa, and refers to the Russian Sport-Express.