Long -distance

The informant of the World Anti -Doping Agency Andrei Dmitriev left Russia for security reasons. This was reported by the portal "Championship" with reference to the German Channel ARD.

"I did not plan to leave my country when I gave an interview with ARD in January. I did not regret what I said. It was necessary to oppose doping culture in Russia. People should increase their voice, otherwise there will be no real cultural changes in Russian sports. But when I saw me, I realized that I was better to leave. I feel safe. Dmitriev.

"After the interview, I was fired from two training centers where I received a scholarship. I am now 27 years old. After an interview, they came to me from the military registration and enlistment office, although they did not remember me since the age of 18. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was treated as a criminal. When I saw a reaction, I realized that my venture failed. Russia was not ready to accept the culture of informants. I had no choice. To go to prison would be aimless heroism, which no one needs, ”the athlete explained his decision.

The President of the All -Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) Dmitry Shlyakhtin promised to figure out the situation with Dmitriev and find out whether he was really pressure. “We need to check. Many things that he declared do not coincide with reality. On Monday I will deal with this, because it is the image of the country, the reputation of the UK. We will contact the UK, ask the question - whether there were challenges, proposals, communications. More than sure that this was not,” said Shlyakhtin.

The head of the WFLA emphasized that he repeatedly expressed the support of the runner for providing information about doping, and the attitude from other athletes, his coach and leader to Dmitriev was "calm". “I think this is another PR ridge to attract attention. No one scared him. Moreover, we were initiators to keep him in the workplace,” said Shlyakhtin.

On January 23, the ARD channel released a new film about doping in Russian sports . The main character of the film was the athletics coach Vladimir Kazarin. Dmitriev told his alleged abuses. According to the athlete, Kazarin, suspended in 2015 for violating anti -doping rules, still continues to work, training Russian athletes.

As evidence, the film shows a video shot on the phone, in which Kazarin in a closed athletics hall works with runners Natalya Danilova and Artem Denmuhametov

According to Dmitriev, Kazarin is not the only coach who continues to work after removal. At the same time, the athlete does not call other other names. Dmitriev also claims that the coach continues to use doping when working with athletes, "without whom they cannot work."

The surname of Kazarin already sounded in the first film ARD about doping in Russian athletics, released at the end of 2014. The investigation was built on the testimony of Julia Stepanova, who later became, like her husband, an informant of WADA. Kazarin also worked with the Olympic champion Maria Savinova, who was deprived of the golden Olympic medal because of the identified doping. The All -Russian Athletics Federation announced the disqualification of Kazarin in April 2016.