MOSCOW, February 11 intelligence agencies, said Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko. The International Doping Testing Agency on Friday reported that Valieva's doping test of December 25, 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. The result of the test was transmitted by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm on February 8, after the team figure skating competition in Beijing, where the Russians won gold. At the moment, Valieva is allowed to continue participating in the Games, the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport on this situation is expected before February 15. «Why did the story initially appear as a media noise, stuffing of some Western media, and not as an official message? All this, at least, you will agree, strange. Some clarity, in my opinion, was made by recent statements from across the ocean, from which it is obvious that this story is tied to the already well-known «Rodchenko act». We remember who was behind it then, and we understand now that behind all this the manipulations of the special services are starting to be guessed — it’s clear which ones,» Matvienko told reporters. «The Rodchenkov Act» — a law signed by the previous US President Donald Trump and criticized in the world, allows American courts to issue criminal sentences for doping at events in which American athletes participate. It is named after Grigory Rodchenkov, a World Anti-Doping Agency whistleblower and former director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory.
