Russian athletes can be removed from the Olympics in Rio

The Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) disqualify the All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) for systematic violations related to the use of doping by athletes.

In the event that the activity of the national athletics federation is declared invalid, athletes from Russia will not be able to take part in the summer Olympic Games 2016, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro.

The Moscow anti-doping laboratory should be stripped of its license because it cannot “operate independently,” the agency’s independent report said. At the same time, members of the commission accuse the Russian FSB of “direct intimidation and interference” in the construction of the doping system.

The WADA report is based on the results of its own investigation, which began after the release in December of 2014 of a film about the mass use of doping by Russian athletes on German television. The filmmakers also accused the International Association of Athletics Federations of harboring abuses from Russia.

In ARAF, these accusations are called lies.

Also on Monday, Interpol announced its consent to act as coordinator of an international investigation into the use of doping and corruption in athletics.

Destruction of the sample

The report of the WADA Commission confirms the allegations that some Russian doctors and / or laboratory personnel, along with the coaches of the athletes, are involved in systematic violations related to the use of doping.

The agency's report also alleges that the head of the Moscow laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, was an "aid and enabler" of these activities.

Commission experts suspect him of extortion and bribery, as well as deliberate destruction of samples. In total, according to the report, more than 1400 samples were destroyed, despite the written request of the World Anti-Doping Agency to retain samples.

According to the report, the Sochi anti-doping laboratory, like the Moscow one, was under the supervision of the FSB of Russia.

In addition, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), according to experts of the commission, warned athletes in advance about doping tests and concealed cases when athletes failed to pass examinations.

RUSADA also allowed excluded athletes to participate in competitions before the expiration of the ban, according to the WADA Commission.

Russia may stop funding anti-doping

The Minister of Sport of Russia, Vitaly Mutko, in response to the high-profile accusations of the Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said that the Russian state could stop funding anti-doping programs in the country.

“If this entire system needs to be closed, then we will be happy to close it. Let's stop paying fees, stop funding the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory. Let's just save money. But no matter what we do, everything is bad,” Interfax quotes Mutko.

The Minister of Sport said in an interview with the agency that Russia had and has problems with doping, but she never ignored them.

At the same time, the head of the commission, Richard Pound, accused of involvement in the concealment of cases of doping by the FSB and personally Vitaly Mutko.

Earlier, Forum reported that the All-Russian Athletics Federation gave bribes for concealing doping cases of Russian athletes.