19 Jul 2016 15:23

Russia sure that using politics as pressure instrument in sports is absolutely unacceptable - Peskov

MOSCOW. July 19 (Interfax) - Using politics as an instrument of pressure in the issues of sports is absolutely unacceptable, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Russia is sure that both interference of politics in international sports and using politics as a pressure instrument in the sport issues are absolutely unacceptable," he told reporters on Tuesday.

"We stand strongly against such situations harming the Olympic movement in any way," he said.

In a reply to the question whether the WADA special commission's report brought pessimism or optimism in regard to the Russian athletes' participation in the Olympics, Peskov said that the Kremlin "always considers this issue realistically."