American Ice Hockey Player Becomes Russian: Brennan Menell on Citizenship, Girlfriend, and Sanctions

🇺🇸 🏒🇷🇺 Brennan Menell is an American ice hockey player who has just received his Russian citizenship. He has a professional contract with HC Dynamo Moscow @HCDynamoMoscow and plays as a defenseman in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Brennan was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and had a stint with the Minnesota Wild. In 2022, he came to Russia for the first time, and in 2023, he became a Russian citizen 🇷🇺📄✅ “I want to get my family out here to show them Russia,“ he says. “I think Moscow is probably one of the top cities in the world!“ Brennan and our crew took a walk around Moscow, we visited Vkusno i Tochka 🍔 and Stars Coffee ☕ (Russian replacements for McDonald’s and Starbucks), and were guests at Brennan’s apartment in Moscow! We talked about sanctions, customs and traditions, patriotism, Russian women, Brennan’s girlfriend, traditional food, music, people in general,