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ARAF's Butov says no longer representing Russia at IAAF - TASS

Mikhail Butov, Secretary General of the Russian Athletics Federation talks to media in Moscow, Russia, November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo (Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Butov, general secretary of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF), said on Monday he was no longer representing Russia on the IAAF council, TASS news agency reported. "Now as a council member I represent the international federation, not Russia," Butov said. (Reporting by Dmitry Jack Stubbs; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)