Head of the Investigation Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee Maria Claudia Rojas accused of concealing Russian doping. Der Spiegel’s publication claims that in August 2017, expert Richard Maclaren was due to fly to Switzerland and hand over a report to Rojas on Russian football.. However, she refused to meet because she did not want to jeopardize the holding of the World Cup in Russia. "Now I understand why they didn’t communicate with me for so long.

Something was happening behind the scenes, which I did not know, "said McLaren. Earlier in WADA they handed over to FIFA the documents according to which there are athletes in the Russian national team who use dope. However, the football organization did not conduct an investigation and closed the case..