Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the leaked drug profiles of dozens of top athletes by Russia’s Fancy Bears hackers show the need for greater disclosure of drug use by sick athletes.
“As we have come to know — and the World Anti-Doping Agency is not denying that — dozens or hundreds of athletes are taking these [banned] substances. Does anybody know that? No one does. Everything is done secretly,” Putin said in televised comments to a sports forum on October 11. “It is clear that the whole system can and should be improved.”
