11 October 2016, 15:17 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The doping scandal involving Russian athletes, simmering since 2014, escalated in July 2016 when an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission published a report accusing Russia of state-run doping program.
“Within the legal proceedings the investigators questioned over 50 athletes, their coaches and managers, received the information about medical check-ups of these athletes,” Svetlana Petrenko, deputy head of the Committee's Media Relations Department said.
