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President Vladimir Putin indicated Wednesday that Russia should follow plans to change its anti-doping system while denying the revelations of a state-sponsored doping system, according to a report.
Russian news agency TASS reported Putin’s comments from a meeting in advance of the 2019 World Winter Universiade, and the statements drew praise from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
"The most important thing is that we heed the demands of the independent [McLaren] commission despite its drawbacks, because we need to admit that some cases of doping have really been detected, as doping is completely unacceptable.