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Quote, systematic manipulation of the anti doping rules. it will allow athletes who can prove they are clean to compete under the neutral olympic flag. cnn's clair sebastian joins us live from moscow. it's quite a rebuke. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, christine. in the last half hour we've got the first official response from the kremlin saying they are going to look at this. they're going to analyze it and they're going to exclude any emotion he said. now, this is interesting because in the past, throughout this doping scandal the kremlin has been very quick to come out and dismiss all alleg...

Kremlin. the first comments from the kremlin's spokesman in the last hour or so, he said the situation is serious and requires close analysis. he said we must keep emotion out of this. so this is an interesting kind of departure from what we've seen from the kremlin in the past. they've often been quick to label this as a political western conspiracy. president putin suggesting this was the u.s. trying to meddle in russia. but we did get some of that from poll tigs. one senator earlier this morning saying this is part of the west's policy to try to contain russia. so it certainly is that senti...

Because getting what you need should be simple, fast, and easy. download the xfinity my account app or go online today. the international olympic committee banning russia from competing at the 2018 winter games in south korea. the ioc citing what it calls a quote, systemic manipulation of the anti doping rules. it will however, allow russian athletes who can prove they're clean to compete under the neutral olympic flag. so how is this punishment playing in russia in we're joined live from moscow. we do have some reaction this morning. good morning, clair. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dav...