Russian sports minister slams 'political' forces behind WADA report

Russian sports minister slams 'political' forces behind WADA report

MOSCOW - Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko dismissed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report published Thursday as "political" while Russian athletics remains in shambles over a mass doping and corruption scandal.

Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko gives his end of the year press conference in Moscow on December 25, 2015

"There are many questions that suggest that major political forces are behind this," Mutko told R-Sport news agency following the report by a WADA independent commission.

"They are trying to prove something at any cost," he said.

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