USA may try to paint Russian athletes who are considered a threat to themselves, under the pretext of doping violations. This was stated by the Foreign Minister of Russia and a member of the first five to the candidates of the State Duma from the party “United Russia” Sergey Lavrov, reports RIA Novosti.
The Minister noted that the Russian state will continue to eradicate doping violations in sports, and to deal with arbitrariness against Russian athletes in the international arena. He stressed that the anti-doping system was “privatized” countries of the West – although they do not constitute the majority of the world’s population.
Doping scandal in Russian sports occurred in 2015: then domestic athletes were condensed in massive violations of anti-doping rules. WADA conducted an investigation, during which it turned out that the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSA) hid the facts of applying doping by Russian athletes. The scandal then affected other sports, as a result, as a result, part of domestic athletes did not hit the 2016 Olympics, and the 2018 team went to the “Olympic athletes from Russia”, the flag and anthem of the country were banned. At the Olympics in Tokyo, Russian athletes were also without the right to use the National Anthem and the flag.