Russian hockey teams can return to international competitions. At the end of October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the decision of the International Hockey Federation to suspend the Russian national teams. This was followed by a series of high-profile statements: seven European hockey federations announced that their teams would not play against Russia, and the largest sponsors of the World Cup threatened to reconsider their participation in the tournament. Will Russia return to the ice? Why was the Russian team allowed in, but the Belarusian team not? Could the Russian team agree to compete under a neutral flag? These questions are answered by Anton Orech, the author of the telegram channel about hockey “Gretzky Orex” (https://t.me/GretzkyOrex2).