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Moscow – 11 March 2016
1. Various of meeting between representatives of the Russian Sports Ministry and Russian lower house of Parliament (Duma) lawmakers
2.SOUNDBITE (Russian) Natalya Parshikova, Russian Deputy Sports Minister:
"No it's far away from being called hell, we are the 53rd country which…I mean we are not, in the first place, on the list of countries which are breaking anti-doping rules. This problems exist in every country, but the attention around the Russian Federation is always high in general, including sport. It is quite convenient, because the sportsman is a very public figure and it is a convenient target to publicly attack Russia"
3. Parshikova talking
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Natalya Parshikova, Russian Deputy Sports Minister:
"It doesn't matter which sportsman did it, he has to receive the punishment which will be decided by the anti-doping committee and international sport organisations and the national sport federations. What kind of punishment it will be in the case of Maria Sharapova will depend on the result of the investigation provided by the International Tennis Federation."
5.Various of meeting
STORYLINE:
Russia's Deputy Sports Minister on Friday criticised the amount of attention around Russia regarding doping in sport.
Speaking in Moscow at a meeting between representatives of the Russian Sports Ministry and Russian lower house of Parliament (Duma) lawmakers, Natalya Parshikova said that doping is a problem in all sporting countries and that the issue provides a "convenient" reason to publicly attack Russia.
Parshikova's comments came after Monday's announcement by tennis star Maria Sharapova that she had tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open in January.
Meldonium, a Latvian-manufactured drug designed to treat heart conditions, was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list on 1 January after authorities noticed widespread use of the substances among athletes.
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