Russia will not boycott Rio Olympics over doping ban - RIA cites Olympic chief

Alexander Zhukov, head of the 2022 Evaluation Commission for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks to media after their inspection tour of Beijing and Zhangjiakou, candidates to co-host the 2022 Winter Games, in Beijing, March 28, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not boycott the Rio Olympics after being suspended from the International Association of Athletics Federations over a doping scandal, RIA news agency cited Russian Olympic Committee head Alexander Zhukov as saying on Monday.

(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Dominic Evans)