The general manager of the Ukrainian Hockey League is now out of a job ... he was just fired -- and he claims it's all because of the way he reacted to a player's racist, on-ice gesture.
Eugene Kolychev revealed he was canned in a series of tweets Thursday ... appearing to say he and the league did not see eye to eye over the way he spoke out against Andrei Deniskin's abhorrent banana-peeling gesture and subsequent suspension.
"I have spoken openly about #racism in Ukrainian hockey and the Ukrainian Hockey Federation FIRED me as General Manager of the #UHL today," Kolychev said.