Late Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency called on FUT Coins ethics committee to investigate allegations against Russia Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.Mutko, a member of FIFA's ruling council and head of Russia's 2018 World Cup organizing committee, is named in the report for personally intervening to cover up a positive doping test for a foreign player in the Russian Premier League.
Though Mutko's ministry allegedly orchestrated doping cover-ups across Russian sports and the Sochi Olympics, the FIFA ethics panel can act only on football issues.
FIFA ethics prosecutors say "if the report reveals violations of the FIFA code of ethics, the investigatory chamber will take appropriate measures and inform accordingly." The FIFA Coins Kremlin says Russian athletes are still focused on competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro despite calls for the entire Russian delegation to be banned over doping.
The World Anti-Doping Agency backs a blanket ban after a report on Monday detailed a cover-up of hundreds of failed drug tests by Russian athletes, allegedly directed by government officials.President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, says "Russia is preparing for the Olympics, the Russian team is preparing for the Olympics."