At the Moscow facility at the centre of the claims in Dick Pound’s report,an air of secrecy and, in places, and intimidation prevailed when the Guardian visitedIn a fenced compound in eastern Moscow,tucked absent behind a huge office building, sits a smaller grey structure that looks no less anonymous. This is the laboratory that has landed at the centre of an international scandal after it was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, or which found it had covered up systematic doping in Russian athletics in exchange for payments from “dirty” competitors.
Russian sports and anti-doping officials have said they are open to cooperate with athletics’ oversight bodies to eliminate problems with banned substance spend,which Wada found had influenced results of the London Olympics and other competitions. But employees at the lab were reticent to speak to the Guardian .
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Source: theguardian.com