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, his teammates, the best and worst things about Russia, the differences between KHL and NHL, and of course the elephant in the room, the differences between Russia and the U.S. Watch the video 🎥 like ❤️ and subscribe 🔔 to Russian Code to stay updated! 00:00 Meet Brennan Menell 01:27 “Russia was a mystery to me“ 02:54 Minnesota Wild to Dynamo Moscow 04:00 Brennan’s apartment in Moscow 05:05 Russian citizenship: “It’s signed by Putin“ 06:43 Brennan’s family’s attitude towards Russia 07:44 First time in Russia 08:23 Russian Vkusno i Tochka VS McDonald’s 08:49 Russian Stars Coffee VS Starbucks 09:51 Sanctions: the best part 10:15 Sanctions: the worst part 10:35 What I like about Moscow 11:18 The start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict 11:57 People, customs & stereotypes 13:56 Being American in the Russian ice hockey League 14:46 About the Canadians 15:31 What do teammates think about Brennan? 16:32 Learning Russian... swear words 17:51 “I don’t like traditional Russian food“ 20:01 Russian patriotism 21:24 The differences between KHL & NHL 22:22 My Girlfriend & Russian women 23:40 Russian music I do like 24:38 Future plans