“” commentator Dmitry Guberniev told “” that the prosecutor’s office must provide evidence to charge the ex-president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Anders Besseberg in corruption.
On Monday April 17, the Norwegian prosecutor’s office accused Besseberg of “flagrant corruption”. The indictment alleges he ‘accepted several expensive watches’, ‘used the services of third-party paid prostitutes’ and ‘agreed on free hunting trips abroad’ . On January 28, 2021, the IBU Commission found Besseberg guilty of concealing doping tests of Russian athletes, citing the report of the Independent External Review Commission (ERC).
“By our standards, of course, this is ridiculous. Well, what is it: a few hours, hunting? And where, I want to ask, are the billions and the apartments, the cars and the sheepskin coats? Seriously speaking, let them prove he is a malicious corrupt official, present evidence, and the court will settle the matter.
As for my attitude towards Besseberg, like everyone in biathlon, I am grateful to him, because he turned a real TV candy into a useless military sport. And all the most positive from the point of view of the media development of biathlon happened under him, Guberniev told .
Besseberg was president of the IBU from 1993 to 2018.
Source : MatchTV
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