Joseph Stalin
Russia's goalkeeper Ilya Bryzgalov attends a quarter-final USA vs Russia game of the IIHF International Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki on May 16, 2013. Bryzgalov who plays with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL) found today himself skating on very thin ice after praising the rule of Joseph Stalin and saying there was 'logic' in the actions of the Soviet tyrant.
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Stalin
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