Ridiculous. The Brits have had Russia on the brain ever since McKinder. Any country that allows men to compete in women's sport is in no position to criticize Russia about fairness. The article:

Russia provided a leading Olympic sports official with the services of a prostitute as well as free hunting and fishing expeditions in order to gain protection from doping cases, according to the findings of an independent investigation. Anders Besseberg, a Norwegian who spent 25 years as president of the winter Olympic sport biathlon — where athletes combine cross-country skiing with rifle shooting — admitted receiving the services of a prostitute in Moscow. A redacted version of a report by an independent commission appointed by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) and headed by the British QC Jonathan Taylor stated there is evidence of “systematic corrupt and unethical conduct at the very top” of the sport’s governing body, especially in protecting Russia on doping issues. Besseberg, 74, and his German deputy Nicole Resch resigned in 2018 after allegations of corruption which are still being investigated by law authorities in Norway and Austria. Biathalon is an endurance sport which has long had a problem with doping by athletes. The commission was appointed as a result of the allegations and its report details repeated failures by the IBU leadership to even look for evidence in Russian doping cases. With regard to blood doping the report says a cover-up was impossible because the athletes’ profiles hadn’t been checked for signs of doping. In relation to the services provided to Besseberg, himself a former athlete, the report states: “Another way of gaining improper influence over someone is by obtaining compromising material that can be used to blackmail them. In this regard, the commission notes that there is evidence of Mr Besseberg’s use of prostitutes in Russia, some or all of them arranged for him by his hosts. “It was notorious within IBU circles that Mr Besseberg’s hosts would often provide him with the services of a young, female ‘interpreter’ when he visited Russia. “Mr Besseberg admitted to the police that he had received the service of a prostitute on one single occasion between 2010 and 2014 in Moscow, although Mr Besseberg says he did not know at the time who paid for her services, just that she was sent ‘by someone, probably from the organising committee’.” After hunting and fishing trips in Russia he had IBU employees transport his trophies to his home in Norway. The report also accuses Besseberg of intensely lobbying for Russia’s interests, such as holding sports events in the country. There is testimony from Grigory Rodchenkov, the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory director who turned whistleblower, who said he overheard a conversation between two Russian officials about a sum of $200,000 to $300,000 (about £145,000 to £218,000) which was supposedly paid to Besseberg and that Russia had “leverage” over him. The commission did not have access to bank account data but said Norwegian authorities were investigating whether Besseberg illicitly received money or other benefits. Resch, the former IBU general secretary, is accused of having failed to request extra testing of the Russian athlete Evgeny Ustyugov at the doping-tainted 2014 Sochi Olympics after indications of “highly abnormal values” in his blood. Ustyugov went on to win a gold medal but was stripped of it last year after a ban over a separate allegation of past steroid use. Both Besseberg and Resch stepped down from their posts in 2018 shortly after a raid on the IBU’s headquarters by Austrian police. Neither has been charged or convicted of a crime. The report said Besseberg declined to answer questions while a criminal investigation into his conduct remains open and that Resch said she couldn’t be interviewed for health reasons.