Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would conduct its own investigations into allegations of systematic doping of athletes, in cooperation with international organizations.
Putin spell of silence. The Russian president responded for the first time in the publication, two days ago, an explosive report of an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to the Russian Athletics Federation, accused of systematically bypassed for years the rules on doping.
“I asked the Minister of Sports (Vitali Mutko) to all our colleagues and sports-related in one way or Another devoted to this question the most extreme attention , “Putin said during a meeting with sports officials in Sochi, host city of the Winter Olympics in 2014.
“It is essential that we conduct our own investigation internally and that we provide the most open professional cooperation, and I mean the most open, with international agencies in the fight against doping.”
Putin also considered that the problem of doping was not confined to Russia, but that his country had a duty to protect its athletes the use of prohibited substances. “The battle must be transparent. A sporting event is only of interest if it is honest” , further stated the Russian president.
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