President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) sanctions against Russia are inappropriate and excessive, the president of Russia's Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Monday after WADA banned the country from all major sporting events for four years.
WADA has banned Moscow from events including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with laboratory data on doping.
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