MOSCOW (Sputnik) — President Putin will not interfere personally in tackling problems related to the ban of Russian athletes from 2016 Rio Olympics over doping charges, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
"No. His personal involvement is ruled out," Peskov told reporters.
The IOC made a decision on Sunday not to ban the entire Russian Olympic team from the participation in the upcoming games in Rio, choosing to leave it to the individual sports federations to decide on athletes' participation. The IOC also banned all Russian athletes with doping record from the games.
French Liberation newspaper earlier claimed that Putin "may make some calls" to facilitate the resolution of problems facing Russian athletes.
