As the minister emphasized, so far it is only about the recommendations of the committee.

“I would not now make any hasty conclusions. That there are those who want to put Russia in the position of a defender, the position of the accused. Moreover, the accused, in fact, in everything and everywhere, whatever area of ​​international life you take: conflicts, the economy, energy, gas pipelines, trade in military products - everywhere Russia violates something or does something that is unprofitable for one or several Western countries, ”he said.

According to him, "from their point of view, the more such decisions are made, the better, as they believe, for their anti-Russian argument."

“But the fact that these countries are directly involved in this kind of situation is also well known to us. Therefore, we will uphold the need for an honest discussion on any issue, including from the point of view of ensuring equal treatment of the behavior of each country in the international arena. It doesn’t happen that one or two - say, Russia and China - are to blame for everything and violate everything, and everyone else lives by the rules that they wrote themselves, without asking anyone else, and force everyone else to respect these rules, ”he added Lavrov.

On November 25, the WADA Compliance Committee recommended that Russia be removed from international competition for four years.

It is expected that the meeting of the executive committee of the organization will be held on December 9.

The situation was commented on by the head of the Russian anti-doping agency Yuri Ganus.