Russia makes $15 million anti-doping payment to comply with ban terms


FILE PHOTO: The Russian national flag flutters next to the Olympics flag during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic Committee (ROC) has paid $15 million (10.80 million pounds) to help develop international anti-doping efforts as part of the conditions set for the country's possible return to the Games, it said on Thursday.

Russians are competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics as neutral athletes after the national team was barred over allegations of state-sponsored doping, which Moscow denies.

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