Another sponsor will pull out of the ice hockey World Championship if Russia takes part

Finnish tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres announced on Tuesday that it will stop sponsoring the ice hockey World Championship if Russia's national team takes part. The championship is an annual tournament for national hockey teams.

The company's decision depends on whether the Russian team is admitted to the competition. If it plays, Nokian Tyres will not continue its support of the tournament.

The report presents Nokian Tyres as another sponsor taking a similar stance, which suggests that other backers of the tournament have set the same condition. The source does not specify which companies have done so, and it gives no details about the scale of the sponsorship or the length of the agreement.