MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday there were some problems with sports doping in Russia, but that there was no state-sponsored doping system as critics have alleged. Speaking at an annual end-of-year news conference, Putin said that sports should not be politicized.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova, Vladimir Soldatkin and Denis Pinchuk; Writing by Polina Devitt; Editing by Andrew Osborn)