Putin: The anti -doping system in Russia did not work. This is our fault

The Russian anti -doping system did not work. According to Interfax, Vladimir Putin said this at a meeting in preparation for the 2019 Universiade in Krasnoyarsk. “This is our fault,” the president admitted.

According to Putin, Russia must recognize cases of doping, conduct an appropriate investigation and identify the perpetrators.

“The most important thing is that we must listen, despite these mistakes in the work of an independent commission [McLaren], to what she did, to the results of her work. We must listen to the requirements of WADA. Because we must admit that we have reliable, identified cases of doping, ”Putin said.

“I really hope that the Investigative Committee will bring the corresponding investigation to the end and identify everyone who is to blame for the situation that has developed,” he added.

Putin noted at the same time that "there has never been in Russia, there is no and, I hope, there will never be any state doping support system." “There is only a fight against doping,” he said.