Olympics are just the beginning: Russia is threatened with a complete boycott
After the Olympic Games, in which Russian athletes were stripped of the national flag, the persecution of our country in the sports sector continues. According to Maggie Duran, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) public relations manager, from April 1, Russia may be deprived of the opportunity to apply for international competitions.
She explained that the WADA Board of Founders last November amended the organization’s code. According to them, the acceptance of applications for international sports is possible only from those states where “the government has ratified, adopted, approved or acceded to the UNESCO anti-doping convention”, and also where “the national Olympic committee and the national anti-doping organization comply with the WADA code”.
These amendments come into force on April 1 of the current year. If by this time the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is not restored in its rights, then the submission by Russia of applications for holding championships and other international competitions will be impossible.
In 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency decided that RUSADA’s activity “does not comply with the agency’s code”. Last year, this discriminatory decision was confirmed. The next meeting of the WADA Founding Council will be held in May this year.
Theoretically, it is likely that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency will be restored in rights even before this meeting. But just the same, the Russian fans until the last hope remained that if at the opening of the Games-2018 there would not be a Russian flag, then at least at the close, finally, the athletes would have the opportunity to pass under it. And the fact that the Russians will be deprived of the won medals was also not believed until the very end.
One of the culprits of this situation is the WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov, who, after his treacherous slander, fled to the United States. He stated that the doping tests of Russian athletes during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi were substituted. Organizers of persecution of Russian athletes rely on his words.
Unfortunately, Russia, trying to prove its case, was faced with an impenetrable wall in the form of American and European bureaucrats from sports. In vain, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that Rodchenkov’s accusations were false and urged not to believe a person with psychological, and maybe mental problems. In recent years, we have seen only one thing: when it comes to any sanctions against Russia, the words of any traitor will be taken at face value.
Fortunately, the situation around RUSADA does not apply to the World Cup, which is due this year, and other international competitions, the rights to which were obtained earlier.
State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev said that this new obstacle to Russian sports is a formal pretext for continuing the anti-Russian campaign.
She explained that the WADA Board of Founders last November amended the organization’s code. According to them, the acceptance of applications for international sports is possible only from those states where “the government has ratified, adopted, approved or acceded to the UNESCO anti-doping convention”, and also where “the national Olympic committee and the national anti-doping organization comply with the WADA code”.
These amendments come into force on April 1 of the current year. If by this time the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is not restored in its rights, then the submission by Russia of applications for holding championships and other international competitions will be impossible.
In 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency decided that RUSADA’s activity “does not comply with the agency’s code”. Last year, this discriminatory decision was confirmed. The next meeting of the WADA Founding Council will be held in May this year.
Theoretically, it is likely that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency will be restored in rights even before this meeting. But just the same, the Russian fans until the last hope remained that if at the opening of the Games-2018 there would not be a Russian flag, then at least at the close, finally, the athletes would have the opportunity to pass under it. And the fact that the Russians will be deprived of the won medals was also not believed until the very end.
One of the culprits of this situation is the WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov, who, after his treacherous slander, fled to the United States. He stated that the doping tests of Russian athletes during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi were substituted. Organizers of persecution of Russian athletes rely on his words.
Unfortunately, Russia, trying to prove its case, was faced with an impenetrable wall in the form of American and European bureaucrats from sports. In vain, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that Rodchenkov’s accusations were false and urged not to believe a person with psychological, and maybe mental problems. In recent years, we have seen only one thing: when it comes to any sanctions against Russia, the words of any traitor will be taken at face value.
Fortunately, the situation around RUSADA does not apply to the World Cup, which is due this year, and other international competitions, the rights to which were obtained earlier.
State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev said that this new obstacle to Russian sports is a formal pretext for continuing the anti-Russian campaign.
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