12:46, 06 December 2017 | GMT +5
Russia's Deputy PM barred from future Olympic involvement
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.