The Basmanny Court in absentia arrested the cursory informant of WADA Grigory Rodchenkov

The Basmanny Court of Moscow in absentia wrapped in arrest and put on the international wanted list of the former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov in the case of abuse of official powers.

According to Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the court to Juno Tsarev, Rodchenkov is charged with part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - abuse of official powers, resulting in serious consequences. The defense has already appealed this decision.

Earlier, the court arrested a land plot in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow Region and a residential building belonging to Rodchenkov’s daughter Marina Balakina. The investigation believes that the house on the site was built for money received from the sale of prohibited drugs.

Recall that Rodchenkov became one of the main informants of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA), which was investigated by a loud doping scandal in Russian sports. He led the anti-doping laboratory from 2006 to 2015, and in January 2016 he fled to the United States, fearing for his life .

Behind the ocean, the scientist accused Russia of implementing the state system of support for the use of doping and announced the fraud at the Olympic Games in Sochi, in which, according to him, he took a direct part.

Rodchenkov, in particular, told how he supplied the Russian Olympians before the performance in Sochi with a powerful doping cocktail of his own invention, and the analyzes of the athletes were later allegedly replaced by the FSB officers through the hole in the wall of his laboratory.

At Rodchenkov’s testimony , a scandalous report of the WADA independent commission, headed by Richard McLaren, is built, after which many Russian athletes were removed from international competitions.

The Russian authorities categorically reject the statements of Rodchenkov. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rodchenkov during his stay as head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory "dragged all nasty things into Russia and" turned it into a personal business. "