According to him, it is necessary to analyze this decision, including what lies on the surface.
“For example, there are no complaints against the Russian Olympic National Committee. And if there are no complaints against him, then the country should appear under the national flag. This is the Olympic charter, ”he said.
Putin noted that this suggests that in this part the WADA decision contradicts the Olympic charter, and Russia has every reason to file a lawsuit with the CAS. He added that there are other considerations that lawyers and specialists should analyze.
“Any punishment, as it has been since the days of Roman law, must be individual and proceed from what has been committed by one or another person. Punishments cannot be of a collective nature, apply to people who have no relation to certain violations and everyone understands this, ”the head of state said.
In his opinion, WADA experts also understand this.
“But if one of them makes a decision on collective punishment, then it seems to me that there is every reason to believe that the basis of such decisions is not concern for the purity of world sports, but political considerations, nothing in common with the interests of sports and the Olympic movement having, ”concluded the president.
On December 9, WADA suspended Russia from participating in international tournaments for four years for manipulating the database of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory. In addition, during this period, Russia will not be able to host international sports tournaments on its territory. RUSADA was recognized as not complying with the World Anti-Doping Code.