The head of Rusada recognized the fascination of Russians with a doping "Institutional conspiracy"

I.O. The heads of the Russian Anti -Doping Agency (Rusada) Anna Antzeliovich called the “institutional conspiracy” of the large -scale use of doping by Russian athletes before the Sochi Olympics, reports The New York Times . The American newspaper emphasizes that this is the first time when Russian officials admit that there was a conspiracy in this area. At the same time, both Antzelovich and other Nyt surveyed Russian officials deny the participation of the country's leadership in this.

NYT reports that for several days interviewed Russian officials designed to reform the system of Russian supervision of doping and returning the renoma to a system associated with one of the largest cases of the use of prohibited drugs in the entire history of sports.

In May, the newspaper published an interview with the ex-head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov , who described the scheme, thanks to which the massive use of doping at the games in Sochi became possible. Rodchenkov argued that FSB agents were involved in the substitution of analyzes of athletes, and everything that was happening was a system conspiracy. After that, the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) instructed to investigate the accusations of the commission led by Canadian professor Richard McLaren. Two reports were published. In the second, which was released in early December, McLaren stated that the coverage of doping was on the use of unprecedented proportions in Russia and more than a thousand athletes could participate in manipulations with samples.

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Antselovich in the commentary said that "it was an institutional conspiracy" (quote forInopressa.ru ). She said that she was “shocked” by the results of the investigation, and emphasized that the highest government officials were not related to what was happening.

The Honorary President of the OKR Vitaly Smirnov, who should reform the anti -doping system in Russia, also admitted that a "many errors" have been committed, but the country's leadership is not involved. At the same time, Smirnov recalled the hacks of medical records of athletes from Western countries made by Fancy Bear hackers and showed that many received therapeutic permits to use the drugs prohibited for other. “Russia never had such opportunities as other countries,” he said.

During a large press conference on December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there were never state support for doping in Russia. He promised that the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor’s office would finish the investigation of the cases related to doping. “In Russia, it has never been created, it is simply impossible, and we will do everything so that this never can be, no state doping system and support for doping,” he said.