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ATHLETICS: Putin pledges 'independent' anti-doping system

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart on October 10, 2016 in Istanbul

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pledged to establish an “independent” system to tackle doping in the country, but insisted again that the state had never run a drug cheating programme.

“We are creating a new system of fighting against doping,” Putin was quoted as saying by TASS news agency in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

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