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Russia athletics chief: positive meldonium tests will not "complicate" situation

MOSCOW, March 21 (Reuters) - Russian athletics chief Dmitry Shlyakhtin said on Monday positive meldonium tests by Russian track-and-field athletes would not complicate the situation around his federationm, R-Sport news agency reported. "It won't aggravate (the situation), it's complex anyway," R-Sport quoted Shlyakhtin, head of the Russian Athletics Federation, as saying. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Writing by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Dmitry Solovyov)