Russia to Consider Criminal Penalties for Doping, Sports Minister Says
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 12, 2015) Russia may introduce harsher penalties for doping, possibly making it a criminal offense, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said at a press...
View ArticleRussia’s Doping Scandal: The Main Allegations
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 13, 2015) An independent commission by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has recommended that the Russian athletics federation be declared...
View ArticleQuarter of Russians view doping charges against athletes as groundless
(Interfax – November 21, 2015) One quarter of Russians – 25 percent – believe the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) charges against Russian track-and-field athletes are groundless and can be explained...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Meldonium Ban Hits Russian Athletes Hard”– New York Times
The fallout from Maria Sharapova’s failed drug test has ensnared her native Russia as it becomes clear that the banned substance found in her system is creating wider problems for Russian sports. … she...
View ArticleInterfax: Moscow expects explanations from WADA on meldonium ban – Lavrov
MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) – Russia expects explanations from the World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, following the inclusion of meldonium drugs in the list of banned medicines, Russian Foreign...
View ArticleVIDEO & ARTICLE: “The Masters Of Nothing”
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – The Daily Vertical: Brian Whitmore – March 11, 2016) Is it real or is it parody? Chechnya’s human rights ombudsman said a group of journalists and human rights activists brutally...
View ArticleWho’s to blame for the meldonium: Russia’s athletes, doctors or officials?
The drug that has been banned since January 2016 may lead to the disqualification of several leading Russian athletes in the wake of the Maria Sharapova scandal. However, Russian officials and...
View ArticleInterfax: Putin requests not to promote ‘conspiracy theory’ regarding doping...
(Interfax – March 16, 2016) Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the chiefs of the Russian sports to refrain from politicizing the situation related to the meldonium use and from framing a...
View ArticleWADA banned meldonium without studying period of its withdrawal from...
MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) – Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) did not publish the results of research on meldonium before banning this substance....
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Revelations of State-Backed Doping Should Bar Russia From Rio...
Accusations of Russian doping and reported claims of systematic distribution of performance-enhancing drugs and of bribes paid to cover up positive tests would be enough to scare off officials of any...
View ArticleRBTH: Olympic doping scandal: Whistleblower Rodchenkov may face court in Russia
Grigory Rodchenkov’s exposure of Russian Olympic champions’ use of doping contains many unsubstantiated accusations and few facts, say Russian officials and experts. (Russia Beyond the Headlines –...
View ArticleInterfax: Mutko believes in rebirth of Russian track and field athletics
MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) – After the restoration of its rights, Russian track and field athletics should start with “a clean slate,” Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told Interfax. “The majority...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Russia’s reported doping is a subversion of the Olympic ideal”–...
… The latest evidence is a detailed report in the New York Times that Russian officials clandestinely carried out a doping program at the Sochi Games by giving athletes performance-enhancing drugs and...
View ArticleInterfax: Russia won’t put up with unsubstantiated slander against it on...
MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax) – Russia is against the use of doping in sports, but that does not mean that it is ready to put up with unsubstantiated slander against it on this issue, Russian presidential...
View ArticleAnti-doping rule breakers will be harshly punished – Mutko
MOSCOW. June 9 (Interfax) – The harshest measures will be taken against those who were caught violating anti-doping rules, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said. “If this is established, naturally,...
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