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The punishment was handed out by the Russian Athletics
Federation (VFLA) after it received documents from the
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the
VFLA said in a statement on Thursday.
Four other Russian athletes have also been punished for doping
offences.
Vlas Bredikhin, a middle-distance runner, and Yaroslav Kholopov,
who competes over 400 meters, were given four-year suspensions.
Maria Konovalova, a double Russian 5,000 meters champion, was
handed a two-year ban while Evgeny Nushtaev, a 50km and 10km
walker, will not be able to compete for six months.
On Wednesday, former IAAF president Lamine Diack was placed
under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption
and money laundering following a complaint from the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
According to French news channel iTELE, the investigation is
focused on suspicions that payments were made in return for not
revealing widespread doping of Russian athletes.
Problems involving doping in Russian athletics began to surface
in December 2014 following a three-part documentary broadcast by
the German television channel ZDF/ARD.
(Reporting by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy; Editing by Tony Jimenez)
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