“The President said the part of the decision of the Olympic Charter was inconsistent and spoke about the unacceptability of the application of the principle of collective responsibility. Therefore, the task now is to declare our disagreement, and of course to protect our athletes and their interests so that they can perform and maintain their qualifications. The main thing is to prevent collective responsibility from violating the interests of athletes, ”said Peskov.
On December 9, the WADA executive committee suspended Russia from international competitions for four years, and also forbade it from holding international tournaments. In addition, the participation of Russian athletes in competitions only in neutral status was recommended.
This is due to the identification of intentional changes in the data of the Moscow laboratory, the transfer of which in its original form was one of the key points for restoring RUSADA compliance status with the World Anti-Doping Code.
It was previously reported that the Russian Athlete Protection Fund turned to the UN because of WADA sanctions.