Sports policy: doping: Vitali Mutko takes the lead over CAS

Former Russian Sports Minister Witali Mutko is pulling out of the International Sports Court CAS against his lifelong Olympic suspension. This was confirmed by a court spokesperson to the French news agency AFP on Tuesday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had called on Mutko, who had meanwhile risen to the position of Deputy Prime Minister, because of his involvement in the Russian doping scandal on 5 May. Disabled for all Olympia functions for the rest of December. Mutko is regarded as the mastermind behind the state doping scandal surrounding the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

At the end of December, he also resigned from his post as head of the Organising Committee of the 2018 World Cup. He has temporarily resigned from his post as President of the Russian Football Association RFU in order to take action against his suspension.

Despite the overwhelming burden of proof, Mutko has always denied that there was a government-supported doping system in Russia. till 25. February), but under certain conditions Russian athletes are allowed to compete as neutral athletes.