Russian prosecutor general's office reviewing WADA report - TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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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Published 27 January 2016 10:49pm

Updated 27 January 2016 10:52pm

Source: Reuters

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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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(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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Russian prosecutor general's office reviewing WADA report - TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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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