Contents tagged with Grigory Rodchenkov
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Russia overjoyed by fake news of anti-doping whistleblower suicide attempt
On Wednesday June 27, the Russian media virtually buried alive the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant Grigory Rodchenkov.
The RT TV channel was among the first to report that Rodchenkov had attempted to take his own life, citing Alexander Ionov, deputy president of the Russian branch of the International Human Rights Defense Committee. Ionov claimed to have received information which was being “carefully concealed by the US intelligence …
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Doping whistleblower Rodchenkov meets with US senators
Members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Senators Ben Cardin and Cory Gardner, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee held a meeting on Capitol Hill with the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, who was the first to report the existence of a state-supported doping program in Russian sports.
The website of the commission says that during the meeting, threats to the United States from Russia, corruption in international sports structures, and possible measures to …
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Russian doping scandal whistleblower: Putin knew of abuses in Russian sport
Former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov said that Putin may have had a role in the doping scandal.
A full version of the program by Seppelt, who has shot several films on doping problems in Russia, is scheduled to be released on the night of January 30. Several hours earlier, ARD uploaded a trailer to YouTube announcing an interview with WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov, who is now hiding in New York.
The trailer contains a recording of Rodchenkov claiming that …