Summary
Russia's anti-doping chief said Tuesday he expected the country to be barred from all sporting competition for four years, after a bombshell recommendation from the World Anti-Doping Agency that shocked Russia.
It recommended Russia also face a four-year ban from staging or bidding for major international sporting events.
The International Olympic Committee said in a statement it supported the "toughest sanctions" against Russia for "flagrant" manipulation of the doping data.
Russia's St. Petersburg is one of the host cities for the Euro 2020 football tournament but this would not fall under the ban because it is not a world championship, a WADA source told AFP Tuesday.
The ban proposal came after WADA investigators examined data handed over in January from Russia's doping-tainted Moscow laboratory.
Ganus said that Russia urgently needed new sports management and called on Putin to intervene.
If the sanctions are approved by WADA's Executive Committee, Russia can appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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