MOSCOW, Sep 10 Russia will have to create a system that will compensate athletes for non-participation in international competitions, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. «We still have to create a system of domestic competitions, diversify this system, compensate for the lack of international competitions by creating competitions in a different format with countries that are ready and want to interact with us,» Peskov told reporters. added that it is «a long way» to go. «Discriminatory measures against our elite sport, introduced including the IOC, is a reality that we have to face. And this is a big problem for athletes who, unfortunately, do not can maintain their sports form at the proper level because of this, and this imposes on the state, on the relevant departments, first of all, the Ministry of Sports , additional burden and special responsibility to compensate for the absence of these international competitions,» he added.
