I'm very disappointed with the result but on the other hand, I'm very proud of the guys, they fought. It was a real playoff match against not the weakest team in the world. We looked decent. And penalties – it's a question of luck... and fate.

Vitaly Mutko

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The Russian Sports Ministry supports and welcomes the decision made by WADA because The Russian Sports Ministry has showed a willingness to understand the situation, rather than stick to the rulebook, they were ready to study how long The Russian Sports Ministry would take for meldonium to be eliminated from the body of an athlete.

We have done work on anti-doping that no other country has been able to do, we have invested colossal resources in fighting against this.

What should we do? Dance on the table? I do not know what else we should do, we cannot have any anti-Russian investigations.

He (Russian President Vladimir Putin) instructed us to do everything ... to once again analyze and study the facts and if necessary to create a new system that has the confidence of the international community.

I will fly there Vitaly Mutko to meet with them( FIBA) and take care of the situation. You can't deal with Russia like this, we will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. I don't see anything that could get in the way of this. Yes the situation is not very nice, but there is no interference.

Of course she would be removed. I will personally give instructions to the center myself so that they will implement the correct measures that are needed.