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The supporter of Russia in front of the IOC building in Lausanne at the time of voting. December 5, 2017

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed the Russian team from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. This was stated by President of the organization Thomas Bach at a press conference, which can be found on the IOC website . Russian athletes, who proved that they did not use doping, will be able to compete under the " neutral flag with Olympic rings . " By the decision of the executive committee, the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR) was also disqualified, and the former Minister of Sports, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Vitaly Mutko was lifelously removed from presence at the Olympiads.

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The International Olympic Committee considered the proven fact that the Russian authorities at the state level organized a system for using doping in sports.

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"This is an attack on the essence and integrity of the Olympic Games and Sports. The corresponding sanctions for systemic manipulations that protect" pure "athletes should put an end to this destructive period and become an incentive for creating a more efficient anti -doping system in the world," said IOC President Thomas Bach . The IOC Executive Committee will send an “invitation to individual Russian athletes” who will be able to participate in the Olympiad subject to “strict conditions”. According to the head of the IOC Commission, the former President of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid, "invited Russian athletes will participate in individual or team competitions in the status of the" Olympic athlete from Russia. "

“We had never encountered manipulations and fraud on such a scale. This inflicted an incredible blow to the Olympic movement and sports in general,” said Samuel Schmid .

Thomas Bach performs at a meeting of the IOC. December 5, 2017

The International Olympic Committee also fined the Olympic Committee of Russia for $ 15 million. OKR must compensate for the expenses of the IOC for investigation and contribute to the creation of an independent doping testing body.

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The meeting of the executive committee was held in Lausanne. The decision was made on the basis of conclusions made by two commissions: Denis Oswald and Samuel Schmidt. The first was engaged in the recruitment of doping industry of participants in the Olympic Games in Sochi, the second investigated the involvement of employees of the Ministry of Sports of Russia in the possible concealment of positive doping tests.

On Tuesday, the Executive Committee submitted a report of the IOC Commission under the leadership of Samuel Schmid, who was engaged in the study of the issue of whether there was a state or any other doping support system in Russia.

The Russian delegation arrived at a meeting of the IOC Executive Committee in Lausanne. pic.twitter.com/v24poy2sl9
- Olympic Russia (@lympic_russia) December 5, 2017

The Russian delegation was unable to speak at a meeting of the IOC Executive Committee in Lausanne, says Channel One. It was planned that the head of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov, two -time world -figuring champion Yevgeny Medvedev and the head of the independent public anti -doping commission Vitaly Smirnov would perform from Russia. The words at the meeting of the Russian side were not given. However, there is a possibility that the Russians held a conversation with Thomas Bach in a separate room, as well as at least one of the heads of two commissions checking information about Russian doping.

Although the official Russian authorities did not discuss the possibility of a particular decision of the IOC, Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that Russians are not allowed for the Olympiad, as well as their admission under a neutral flag,will become a humiliation for the country . After that, the Russian Olympic Committee said that he considers a performance at the 2018 Olympics under a neutral flag impossible.

In 2015, the Independent Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) presented a report on state support for the use of doping in Russian sports, the basis for which, in particular, was the testimony of the former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov. From the very beginning, Russia categorically rejected all the charges.

On November 28, the New York Times published excerpts from Rodchenkov’s personal diaries. The records made in 2014 said that Rodchenkov handed over to the Minister of Sports of Russia Vitaly Mutko a copy of the so -called Duchesi list, which contained the names of athletes who used a specially designed “cocktail” of prohibited drugs. Their doping tests, according to Rodchenkov, were planned to be replaced. The newspaper notes that the International Olympic Committee does not doubt the authenticity of the diary and the veracity of the information contained in it.

After the report of the report, many Russian athletes were removed from international competitions. In recent weeks, the IOC deprived Russian athletes 11 out of 33 medals won at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.

Later, the Investigative Committee of Russia said that WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov had the opportunity to access the information system of the department and could replace the doping tests of Russian athletes after his departure to the United States. The UK emphasized that they can provide WADA with confirmation of such manipulations.

Winter Olympic Games in the Korean city of Pyeongchang will be held from February 9 to 25, 2018.