Russia's Deputy PM barred from future Olympic involvement

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ASTANA. KAZINFORM Russia's deputy prime minister Vitaly Mutko and former deputy minister of sports Yuri Nagornykh are have been handed a lifetime ban from any involvement in future Olympic Games, sport.inform.kz reports.

The decision was announced following the results of the OIC Executive Committee's meeting on December 5 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

As previously reported, the IOC Executive Committee barred Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Clean Russian athletes will be allowed to participate in the games under a neutral flag.

 

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