28 Jul 2016 14:47

Head of independent anti-doping commission Smirnov not to ask for money from state budget

MOSCOW. July 28 (Interfax) - The public independent anti-doping commission will not be financed from the budget, Vitaly Smirnov, the head of the commission, said.

"We will not ask for money from the budget. We are hoping for the most necessary, modest subsidies from the Olympic Committee," Smirnov told reporters on Thursday.

Smirnov said he is hoping that sponsors will appear as the commission begins working, who will finance its work.