Yesterday, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th career goal. That put the 39-year-old superstar captain ahead of the former record holder, Wayne Gretzky, who congratulated him in a ceremony on the ice, along with a host of other top echelon athletes. Today, he was also congratulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that what’s often missed is Ovechkin’s pro-Kremlin politics.
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