{"id":870135,"date":"2026-08-24T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/870135\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:22:10","slug":"did-alexander-ovechkin-rack-up-33-traffic-fines-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/870135\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Alexander Ovechkin rack up 33 traffic fines in Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">See more Toronto Sun on Google \u2014\u00a0<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW36893273 BCX0\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" as=\"\" a=\"\" preferred=\"\" source=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=torontosun.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" target=\"_blank\">save as a Preferred Source<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Alexander Ovechkin was a busy guy during his summer vacation \u2014 and quite the bad boy behind the wheel, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Reports out of Russia suggest that the Washington Capitals superstar scorer racked up 33 traffic fines during his time spent in his home country over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" to=\"\" mash=\"\" on=\"\" sport=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mashnasporte\/41685\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Mash on Sport<\/a>, the violations \u2014 which include speeding and parking tickets \u2014 were listed on his Aurus Arsenal minivan, which bears the license plate 008, Ovie\u2019s number with the Caps.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The amount of Ovechkin\u2019s fine reportedly total 82,000 rubles, which amounts to around $1,350 CAD. The 33 fines \u2014 of which the NHL star has paid all but one \u2014 include citations for speeding, driving on toll roads, failing to pay parking fees and stopping or parking in the wrong place.<\/p>\n<p>What was the car that Ovechkin drives?<\/p>\n<p>But while many are now questioning if the NHL\u2019s career scoring leader\u2019s abilities behind the wheel, many others are asking about his rather odd-looking ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat in the world is he driving,\u201d one user asked on X.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/21.9.1\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<p>Play Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis van reminds me of a really cool hearse,\u201d another quipped.<\/p>\n<p>The Aurus Arsenal actually is a luxury minivan made by Russian automaker Aurus Motors which can be equipped with heavy armor, which typically are built for Russian government officials and state motorcades.<\/p>\n<p>The retail price of the minivan is a staggering 50 million rubles, which equals roughly $825,000 CAD.<\/p>\n<p>Ovechkin is slated to be back in Washington when the team\u2019s training camp opens next month.<\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content See more Toronto Sun on Google \u2014\u00a0save as a Preferred Source\u00a0 It appears that Alexander Ovechkin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-870135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}