“Now, when we talk about the fact that we have questions related to the activities of the anti-doping agency, for some reason, some people are beginning to remember precisely that there is a question of independence. Yes. And they say: you cannot touch this topic, touch this topic, because this is a question of independence. 

While these critics forget that other principles that have been developed, in particular, that it is necessary to agree on contracts that have a certain threshold, in terms of their volume, with the Supervisory Board, this is somehow forgotten. And when you start talking about the fact that this is, indeed, a straightforward factual violation of the principle of corporate approvals of procedures, everyone somehow forgets about this and begins to remember exactly the issue of independence, ”Ivlev said to RT.

The audit revealed violations in the financial and economic activities of RUSADA, as a result of which the supervisory board passed a vote of no confidence in the head of the organization, Yuri Ganus.

Earlier, Ganus reacted to the recommendation of the supervisory board of RUSADA to dismiss him from his post.