KAZAN, February 23, Vadim Kuznetsov. Head of the Russian Tennis Federation and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Shamil Tarpishchev said that he considers it strange the decision to introduce a bill to the US Congress to grant permanent residence status in the country to Russian doping whistleblowers. Earlier, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said that this bill was introduced to the US Congress by Steve Cohen of the Democratic party. «This is some kind of stupidity. Another one. There is nothing behind this,» Tarpishchev said. The United States on Tuesday imposed a series of sanctions against Russia. According to Tarpishchev, Russian tennis players should not have problems with admission to the tournaments in Miami and Indian Wells, which will be held in March 2022. FTR.
