Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko on Wednesday pledged his country would adopt new measures to clamp down on doping including devising new testing methods and possibly opening criminal cases against athletes suspected of cheating.
Mutko was speaking after an independent commission established by the World Anti-Doping Commission (WADA) accused Russian athletes, aided by officials, of engaging in systematic and widespread doping.
Mutko was reacting to a report by WADA which accused Russia of "sabotaging" the London Olympics in 2012, and appeared to hit out at the UK for attempting to take the moral high ground.
"We're hearing that medals won by our athletes in London must be taken away. But it's the British system of doping control that operated there, " said Mutko.
"It was Britain's anti-doping organisation under the leadership of the International Olympic Committee.
"Each medal winner was tested for doping and received their medal only after having tested negative."
A spokesperson for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said of the UK system: "It is highly valued by Britain's sports governing bodies and our clean athletes."
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