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TIL Boris Mikhailov, captain of the USSR hockey team, was offered a $1 million contract to leave Russia in 1980 after the Miracle on Ice. However, he declined as the KGB was standing next to him when the offer was made.
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“I would never leave Russia. Let me have your phone number, though, so I can call you and tell you again.”
A lot of those guys missed out on millions and many of them lived in poverty.