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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends Mass at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow as the country's Orthodox believers celebrate Easter. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Russian president Vladimir Putin attends memorial ceremony for victims of the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by Nazi Germany during WWII. The siege lasted 872 days between 8 September 1941 and 27 January 1944, leading to hundreds of thousands of casualties. IMAGES
Moscow, Feb 11 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Sergei Ilnistsky) Russian volunteers from the social services of the Russian Orthodox Church "Mercy" offer food to about 400 homeless people daily at their food point "Salvage Hangar " in Moscow. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR FOOD AND VOLUNTEERS IN MOSCOW.
Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian Minister of Sports Vitali Mutko commented on the World Anti-Doping Agency's report which alleges to have uncovered state-sponsored doping programmes for Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He slammed WADA, saying that it became a "punitive organisation" and it "places itself above the movement: it dictates the rules, it extends the lists and includes an endless amount of medication into the lists, it doesn't care about athletes, about their health".
Professor Richard McLaren presented the findings of his World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commissioned report into allegations of Russian state sponsored doping at a conference in Toronto on Monday. He described the methodology allegedly used by Russian authorities to cover up doping by the country's athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
Professor Richard McLaren presented the findings of his World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commissioned report into allegations of Russian state sponsored doping at a conference in Toronto on Monday. He found ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ that the “Russian Minister of Sport directed, controlled and oversaw the manipulation of athletes positive results” with the assistance of both labs and Russian security services.