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KAZAN, September 19, Vadim Kuznetsov. Doping tests of former volleyball players of the Russian national team Alexandra Butko and Pavel Moroz, who were tested in April 2014, tested positive, but the athletes did not deliberately take illegal drugs, said the players' agent Dmitry Rezvanov. Butko became the Olympic champion in 2012 as part of the Russian national team, and he also won the Cup World Championship — 2011 and the European Championship — 2017. Moroz played for the Russian team at the World Championship — 2014. In the 2013/14 season, both athletes defended the colors of the Novosibirsk Lokomotiv. «For some reason, samples from the 2013/14 season were opened in 2022 «They found a certain analogue of meldonium, which is contained in a drug prescribed to maintain the heart muscle after exertion against the background of acute respiratory infections. The information was not hidden. It was included in all the cards — both internal and those that were submitted to RUSADA. It entered into the list of those banned since January 2014, but they found it in April,” Rezvanov said. “We are waiting for a decision on our case. Since April 20, a voluntary agreement has been signed on the removal of players from the training process. The last documents requested by the FIVB were submitted in mid-August, but there is still no response. There is an idea to conclude a settlement agreement, the athletes pleaded guilty, and there was no malicious intent, especially since the drugs do not affect the sports component. We hope that the period of disqualification will not exceed 9 months,» the agent said. Butko and Moroz are currently free agents. In May 2020, Moroz's one and a half year suspension expired, in whose sample cocaine was found.