President of the United States Donald trump signed the “act Rodchenkova”, the name of the informant the world anti-doping Agency (WADA) Gregory Rodchenkov. On Saturday, December 5, reports TASS.
This bill provides for criminal prosecution for cases of doping conspiracy in competition with American participation.
Earlier in November, the bill passed the U.S. Senate.
In the state Duma urged to look to the United States after the adoption of the “act Rodchenkova”. However, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Stanislav Pozdnyakov considered unacceptable the situation and urged all not to hesitate to talk about it publicly.
the Bill, called “an act Rodchenkova” allows American courts to impose criminal conviction for doping at events involving American athletes.
Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory and the informant WADA. In 2015, he fled to the United States. His testimony formed the basis of the report of Richard McLaren of operating in Russia state system of support of doping. The results of the investigation, a number of Russian athletes were disqualified and stripped of awards.
