Watch moment Putin’s spy ice hockey team brawls with ‘Tough Guy’ squad on ice before having them ARRESTED

THIS is the chaotic infinitesimal Putin’s spy hockey squad brawls with their hostile squad connected crystal earlier having them arrested erstwhile they lost.

Shocking footage shows players from the Federal Security Service (FSB) "Phantom" squad throwing punches and tackling members of rival "Tough Guy" to the ground.

Ice hockey matches tin often effect successful fights, but pursuing this peculiar game, the FSB — the superior bureau that succeeded the Soviet Union's KGB — reportedly gave the bid to apprehension the opposing players.

According to a Telegram channel, 5 of the players were arrested close distant and accused of "hooliganism," a crime with a imaginable seven-year prison term.

The determination has caused contention successful Russia, dividing supporters of the information services and sports enthusiasts connected whether the hockey players should person been arrested.

All 12 participants engaged successful grappling and punching each different portion warring connected the crystal successful March successful far-east Russia.

While an hostile defender and an FSB attacker grappled to the ground, blows betwixt teammates broke retired arsenic different Tough Guy players began hitting the rival squad.

There were galore spectators connected the crystal rink wherever the combat took place, who were watching arsenic the Tough Guys appeared to flooded the FSB squad.

Even aft the bouts were brought to the ground, officials successful the tumultuous footage were utterly overpowered and incapable to halt them.

Fighting is allowed successful nonrecreational crystal hockey, but referees interruption up fights erstwhile a subordinate falls connected the crystal for safety.

Players tin beryllium seen repeatedly successful the video hitting each different successful the caput adjacent if their opponents are connected the ground.

The players besides did not region their gloves earlier the fight, which is customary successful games of nonrecreational crystal hockey.

The video was posted by Baza, a Telegram radical that has beardown ties to the Russian quality services.

Baza besides mentioned that the Tough Guy squad was eliminated from the competition.

A justice deemed 2 much Tough Guy players to beryllium a "flight risk" anterior to their trial, and they were taken into custody past week and told to springiness up their passports.

Russian Telegram transmission Newsbox24 slammed the "absurd" arrests aft a "standard" crystal hockey brawl. 

It said: "If you spell into the rink against an FSB oregon police team, should you besides hole to beryllium imprisoned successful lawsuit you win?"

A remark connected the Newsbox24 station stated that the FSB squad had been "humiliated" and had acted similar cowards by supposedly ordering their detention.

Three-time Olympic cross-country skis champion Yulia Chepalova, meanwhile, said that though the Tough Guy players should beryllium ashamed of themselves for warring with the FSB, transgression prosecutions were going excessively far.

The FSB inactive holds a important magnitude of authorization passim Russia and is based successful the aged KGB office connected Lubyanka Square successful the city's centre.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin named Vladimir Putin arsenic the organisation's manager backmost successful 1998.

Putin expanded the FSB's responsibilities arsenic president to combat organised crime, antagonistic overseas quality activities, and quell Chechen rebels.

Vlad, a erstwhile KGB officer, rapidly inserted his chap erstwhile KGB comrades into each facet of Russian beingness aft becoming the president of Russia successful precocious 1999.

The "siloviki", oregon strongmen, who were installed by Putin and were formerly KGB operatives, inactive clasp important powerfulness implicit state-owned businesses, law enforcement, and different important authorities ministries.