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The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of abuse of official provisions against persons who performed management functions in the All-Russian Athletics Federation in 2009-2013. This was reported by the official representative of the department Vladimir Markin. The names of the defendants are not called.

"The case was instituted based on the results of a pre -investigation of the information specified in the legal assistance request dated 13.11.2015 of a large instance of Paris court in relation to officials of the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF). According to the content of the request, the actions of the All -Russian Public Organization of the VFLA made violations, subject to their athletes of doping rules and their admission to the official Competitions, ”said the representative of the Investigative Committee.

The TFR will offer the competent authorities of Frania to provide additional information and documents “necessary for the production of requested investigative actions” in Russia.

"Representatives of some foreign states have repeatedly announced the investigation of the so -called" doping scandal "in Russia. I note that one country should not investigate what happened in another country. In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the norms of international law, only the Investigative Committee of Russia, being an independent investigative body, is authorized and conducted by its comprehensive, complete and objective investigation. We do not exclude the presence of representatives of foreign states during the investigative actions if the relevant international requests come from them.

On May 18, The New York Times reported that the US Department of Justice began an investigation against Russian officials, athletes, coaches, anti -doping system workers, as well as all those who could benefit from the so -called Doping Program in Russia. According to the publication, the case will make it possible to make charges of fraud against Russian officials under the articles “Criminal Conspiracy” and “Fraud”. The material noted that the US federal courts allow prosecutors to start cases against foreigners on the basis of even the most superficial ties in the United States, such as the use of an American bank or stopping by traveling at an American airport. In this case, prosecutors will study the affairs of everyone who could facilitate the conduct of "unclean" competitions in the United States or used the American banking system.

On May 19, the official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Alexander Kurenna, stated that the supervisory authority began checking the media reports and the World Anti -Doping Agency on the use of doping by Russian athletes at the Olympic Games in Beijing, London and Sochi.

The audit will be carried out in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, the Ministry of Sports, as well as the Russian Olympic Committee. “As part of international legal cooperation, it is planned to send requests to the competent authorities of the United States and a number of other countries to exchange information about the alleged use of doping,” Kurenna noted. “The relevant information will be requested from the World Anti -Doping Agency.”