Putin made no decisions on dismissing sport minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet made any decisions on dismissing Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday (July 20). “At the moment, no decisions have been yet made by the president,” Peskov said. “You know that decisions on this or that minister are made personally by the president,” he added. Russia is waiting for information from the World...
Russia suspends anti-doping officials, sports minister to stay on – R-Sport
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Tuesday (July 19) his anti-doping advisor Natalia Zhelanova and two other sports officials had been suspended, R-Sport news agency reported. Mutko said his own suspension was a matter for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister to decide but was not currently being considered. He said there were no accusations against him in a report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency...
Russian sports minister surprised by draft USADA letter – TASS
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko was surprised by a draft letter by the United States Anti-Doping Agency calling for a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio Olympics, he was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Sunday (July 17). In a leaked draft letter to the International Olympic Committee, to be sent once the report into allegations of state-backed doping at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics led by Canadian law professor...
Minister: Petition to disband national squad shows low rating of Russian football
A petition to disband the Russian national team is a grade given to the level of Russian football, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told Tass on Monday (July 12). A petition at change.org was launched by a resident of Russia’s Siberian Tyumen region about two weeks ago. On July 2, the central office of the Russian government considered it and redirected it to the Sports Ministry. At the moment, it has generated about 860,000 signatures....
More Russian fan violence at Euros possible
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Wednesday (June 15) he could not rule out Russian football fans being involved in more violence at the Euro 2016 tournament in France because they were constantly being provoked, the TASS news agency reported. Russia, whose fans fought pitched battles in Marseille at the weekend with their English counterparts, is due to play Slovakia later on Wednesday in Lille where English and Welsh fans...
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