Russia denounces proposed doping ban as 'politicised'
AFP
1574940337000

c1250039-7fed-4b4f-a3f5-e3ef817c82ca.jpg

File photo: CGTN

Russia on Thursday denounced a proposed four-year doping ban as a politically motivated and unfair attempt to prevent its athletes from competing. 

"This is about the politicisation of this issue in order to squeeze Russia out. There is a term for such a thing: unfair competition," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing in Moscow.