The world of sports is shaken by one doping scandal after another as dozens of Russian and international athletes are testing positive for meldonium - a drug banned recently by the World’s anti-doping agency. The decision to prohibit meldonium was unexpected and, as many say, not particularly fair. What makes an athlete take a drug? How do scientists decide which ones to ban? How much politics is there in the decisions of anti-doping agencies in international sport? We ask Russia’s Sports Minister about that. Vitaly Mutko is on Sophie&Co today.<br /><br />Follow @SophieCo_RT<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
