Russia has never backed boycotts of Olympic Games, Russian President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Russia has always condemned ideas of boycotting and has never been in favor of such ideas," the Kremlin spokesman said.
"This is a time for legal formalities, which are underway," the spokesman said in reply to reporters’ question about permit for the Russian athletes to participate in the Olympics. He said "it is not long now to see relevant judicial decisions".
"Of course, as to the use of all kinds of judicial instruments, Russian athletes and those who defend the interests of the Russian athletes, will be using all mechanisms and will go all the way," TASS cited him as saying.
Russia’s Olympic Committee and 68 Russian athletes filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Lausanne to challenge the IAAF’s decision to bar them from participation in the Olympic Games.
