Doping

Putin is, Gorby appeals

It is the last Attempts to prevent the exclusion of Russian athletes of the Olympic Games. At the latest on Tuesday is to be announced, whether for the first time a country because of the state of doping will be banned.

Prior to the landmark decision of the IOC to exclude all Russian athletes of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro state, President Vladimir Putin has delivered Once again, a clear Anti-Doping commitment.

“The official Position of the Russian government, the President, and of all of us is that the Sport is no place for Doping and can give,” said Putin, who ordered his Ministers to install a Anti-Doping Commission.

IOC member as head of the new Commission

Good friends: Bach (R) and Putin

The management of the 81-year-old Vitaly Smirnov, who was for 45 years a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), take presumably, Putin said Friday in Moscow. “He has an absolutely impeccable reputation and enjoys the confidence of the Olympic family,” said the President of the Agency Interfax according to.

On Sunday, the 15-member IOC Executive advises whether for the first time in the history of the Olympic games is banned in a country because of the state of doping of the Play. No later than Tuesday, the IOC boss Thomas Bach will announce a decision.

No Meeting between Bach and Putin

A quick crisis meeting between Bach and Putin it is not intended to give allegedly. “Such a meeting will not be available in the very near future. We expect these Sunday, around the other decisions of the IOC,” said Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.

Russia hope to continue on a start-up permission for “clean” athletes at the summer games in Rio de Janeiro. “Athletes who were suspected of having transferred neither of doping, should have the right to attend the Games. That is the decision, on which we count,” said Peskov of the Agency Interfax according to. The leadership in Moscow will protect the legitimate interests of the Russian athletes, possibly in a court of law.

“Collective punishment is unacceptable”

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the Olympic exclusion of the Russian athletes as a big mistake. A complete lock of the Russian athletes would be from his point of view, a violation of the Olympic Charter, said Moscow’s chief diplomat.

An Ex-President with a weight: Gorbachev

More insistent is the appeal of Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to IOC chief Bach is concerned: “Me and grieved the possibility that (…) be punished with a crime has the Innocent,” wrote the Nobel peace prize in Moscow, published the letter. He was a sharp opponent of Doping.

“This Evil should be eradicated,” said Gorbachev. But the principle of collective punishment is also unacceptable. “It is the culture of the Olympic movement,” he stressed. He hoped that Bach will take a rightful decision, said Gorbachev. “I ask you to take into account when making a decision, my Position is,” said the 85-Year-old.

sw/gri (dpa, sid)