The diaries of the informant

The main evidence of WADA was published in the investigation against Russian athletes

Former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory
Grigory Rodchenkov Photo: Flgm.ru

The New York Times published excerpts from the diaries of the chief informant of the World Anti -Doping Agency (Vada), the former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov . The manuscript records that interests the investigators are dated 2014-2015, that is, before Rodchenkov’s departure in the United States. The newspaper clarifies that the chemist kept a diary of most of his life. He, out of habit, recorded daily where he went, with whom he was talking and what he ate. He necessarily noted his blood pressure above each new record.

“Records in two diaries of Rodchenkov contain new details of how Russia was deceiving at the last Winter Olympic Games. They talk about the participation of the state and Olympic officials in sports fraud, ”the newspaper writes, noting that the International Olympic Committee is convinced of the authenticity of notes and that they will probably contribute to the commission of a“ harsh ”punishment. Already on December 5, the Committee will have to announce its decision. Even if Russia is not completely denied the participation of the Winter Olympic Games in the Pyeunchan (South Korea), which will be held in 2018, then all Russian symbols can fall under the sanctions during the games: the tricolor will not flutter at opening and closing ceremonies, Russian athletes will have to be neutral, the country's hymn will not be executed. In response, Russia threatened not to participate in games at all.

In his diary, Rodchenkov writes about meetings with the then post of Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko (now Deputy Prime Minister for Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy), his deputy Yuri Nagorno and other sports officials. At meetings, in particular, the issues of doping tests of Russian athletes were discussed. Moreover, important evidence in Rodchenkova’s diary is interspersed with details of everyday life: Coel Harcho and Sibas at dinner with Mutko, reached his grapes, bought the Bounty chocolate on the Central Market in Sochi and the medicine for the cold for Tierry Bogosyan, the inspector of the anti -doping laboratories, which in three weeks of work at the Olympiad in Sochi did not discover the case in Sochi The gross violation by Russia of anti -doping rules.

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On January 13, 2014, Rodchenkov wrote that the assistant deputy director of the Center for Sports Training of the national teams of Russia Irina Rodionova Alexei Kuyshkin brought him the so -called “Dushes” - a mixture of three anabolic steroids and Martini. Rodchenkov developed this “cocktail” for the most powerful athletes and tested on himself. Rodionova distributed “Duches” among coaches and athletes.

Next week, Rodchenkov wrote that it was disappointed that officials did not present their plans for the delivery of pure urine samples from Moscow, which the athletes gathered for several months. “There is no clear understanding of the plan, it's just a nightmare! - He wrote on January 29, the day after the two biathlonists were convicted of the use of doping in Austria. “Mutko is very worried about the biathlon, everything gets out of control, full of chaos.”

On February 1, Rodchenkov, on the instructions of the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Yuri Nagorny, examined the building adjacent to his laboratory controlled by the FSB. The urine of the athletes was brought there for secret storage, but the samples were not sorted by sports and alphabetical order of surnames. “Nothing is ready there,” Rodchenkov wrote.

Next week, Rodchenkov wrote that it was disappointed that officials did not present their plans for the delivery of pure urine samples from Moscow, which the athletes gathered for several months. "There is no clear understanding of the plan, it's just a nightmare!"

On February 3, four days before the start of games in Sochi, Rodchenkov handed the Minister of Sports Mutko the list of Olympians who used a doping cocepy. At this meeting, Mutko suggested maintaining a laboratory for further experiments with doping.

In another entry, Rodchenkov said that on January 8, 2014, Nagorny called him “on the carpet” after Elena Lashmanov was convicted of doping. “I came to the ministry, discussed the details of Sochi training for two hours,” the diary says.

On April 21, 2014, Rodchenkov discussed from the Nagorny, whether Lashmanova’s report should be falsified, which the deputy minister insisted on. Rodchenkov, in turn, was against it because he was afraid that this could attract the attention of higher organizations and jeopardize the accreditation of the laboratory. After an hour and a half, they "agreed to go to Mutko by one in the afternoon."

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The publication recalls that in July 2014, Lashmanova was nevertheless disqualified. Last year, after a preliminary investigation conducted on behalf of WADA, Rodchenkov’s information was confirmed, the Russian authorities had to dismiss the Nagorny, Rodionov and Natalia Detskov ( adviser to the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation on Anti -Doping. - NT). However, Mutko, on the contrary, received a promotion to Deputy Prime Minister.

On the basis of the testimony of Rodchenkov, the commission of the International Olympic Committee is investigating. According to their results, according to their results , the results of a number of members of the Russian Olympic team were canceled . As a result, Russia came out of the three leaders of the medal offset in Sochi and fell into sixth place.

Former President of the Russian Biathlon Union Mikhail Prokhorov said that he was ready to provide any assistance if Russian biathletes decide to sue Grigory Rodchenkov. “I am sure that one of the courts must be initiated in the United States in order to interrogate Rodchenkov as part of the trial,” Prokhorov said , RBC reports.

In Russia, two criminal cases are investigated against Rodchenkov.The AK was reported to the Investigative Committee , he distributed doping among athletes and coaches, and also had access to the database of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory and could change it while already in the USA.

The New York Times also recalls that in May last year, giving an interview to The Times, Rodchenkov mentioned that he meticulously recorded all the details of his work in Moscow, but not in the computer, as his friend Nikita Kamaev, the former head of the Russade, did. Kamaev suddenly died on February 14, 2016. Rodchenkov tied his death with the fact that Kamaev publicly stated that he was writing a book. “I told him that I am not writing in the computer,” Rodchenkov recalled in an interview. “I write with your pen.” It was Kamaev who gave Rodchenkov a black with gold handle of Waterman, which was written by “Olympic Doping Diaries”, which fell at the disposal of WADA and IOC.