The punishment for Andrei Deniskin is predictably underwhelming and frankly, wrong.
For miming a blatantly racist taunt at Black HC Donbass forward Jalen Smereck in a professional game in Ukraine over the weekend, Deniskin has been levied what amounts to a 13-game suspension. Deniskin, an HC Kremenchuk forward, received an automatic three-game suspension for the match penalty under the rules of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, plus an additional 10 games for the racist act specifically.
Ten games is apparently the maximum allowable suspension in the Ukraine Hockey League, but can be bypassed, apparently, by simply paying a fine.