{
  "id": 8284667,
  "title": "Ukraine advocates ask Ottawa to sanction NHL’s Alex Ovechkin after Putin commercial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ukraine-advocates-ask-ottawa-to-sanction-nhls-alex-ovechkin-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:31:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/09/18/ukraine-advocates-ask-ottawa-to-sanction-nhls-alex-ovechkin-after-putin-commercial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are condemning Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin's support for the Putin regime after he appeared in a commercial for a party aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is calling for Ottawa to sanction and ban Ovechkin, repeating their demands from 2022. Justice Minister Sean Fraser has described Ovechkin as \"at best wilfully blind\" to Russian atrocities but has not called for sanctions.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}