Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the official position of his country in the sport, there can be no place for doping, reports RIA Novosti.
Putin discussed the situation around the application of Russia to participate in the Olympic games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, with the Russian government.
“The official position of the Russian authorities – the government and the President, all of us, is that in sports, there can be no doping. Sport should be pure, and the health of athletes must be protected”, – said Putin.
The Russian President said about the need to work closely with the disciplinary Commission of the international Olympic Committee, world anti-doping Agency, international sports federations for Olympic and non-Olympic sports.
He also appealed to the Olympic Committee of Russia with a proposal to create an independent public Commission with the participation of Russian and foreign experts for the proceedings in the doping scandal around Russian athletes.
July 21 Sports arbitration court decided not to allow all the Russian athletes at the Olympics because of doping at the Games in Sochi. Then the Kremlin expressed regret and rejected the possibility of collective responsibility.
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On 18 July, the World anti-doping Agency (WADA) has published the results of the investigation of the independent Committee, from which it follows that Russia was created by doping the system with the support of the state.
During the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, the system was allowed to replace the doping of the sample and their contents, so a large number of athletes were able to use banned substances with impunity, according to WADA.
The doping of the sample, according to the findings of WADA, substituting with the support of the security services, particularly the FSB, and with the consent of the heads of sport of the Russian Federation. Controlled system, Deputy head of the Ministry Yury Nagornykh, head of the Ministry Vitaly Mutko could not be aware of what is happening”.
On this basis, WADA has demanded to disqualify Russian athletes from participation in all international competitions “until you change the culture.” The condition is called resignation Mutko.
As wrote the New York Times, 10 anti-doping organizations in various countries and 20 sports organisations are going to request that the Russian team completely removed from competition in Rio de Janeiro.
Reuters also wrote about the impending request to ban Russia from participating in the Olympics.
