MOSCOW - While the scandal of Russian doping threatens to be one of the main talking points of the Rio Olympics, other countries are slipping under the radar despite sharing the tainted legacy of the Soviet sports system. Countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine punch above their weight in the Olympic medal table, but their high rates of performance enhancing drug use, flawed testing systems and records of political interference in sport are a cause for concern.
Associated Press: Doping in ex-Soviet nations echoes Russia’s problems
Ukraine's prime minister Volodymyr Groysman gives a speech during an official farewell ceremony for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on Sofiivska square in Kyiv on July 23.
