Russian prosecutor general's office reviewing WADA report - TASS

ByReuters

Published 27/01/2016 at 11:45 GMT

The Russian Prosecutor General's office is reviewing a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which exposed wide-spread cheating and corruption in Russian athletics, TASS news agency cited Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Wednesday.

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"The prosecutor general's office is reviewing the doping report, as is a group of lawyers," TASS quoted Mutko as saying. "If needed, they are ready to initiate criminal proceedings."

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