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The Russian Anti-Doping Agency was not reinstated
The founding board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided not to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). This was announced on the WADA official Twitter .
The reason for this decision was Russia's failure to fulfill two criteria: Russia must fully recognize the conclusions of the Richard McLaren Commission on the systemic use of doping in Russia and provide access to doping samples that were sealed by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation as part of a criminal investigation, TASS clarifies .
According to Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov, Russia recognized the importance of the information from the McLaren report, but the document contains many inconsistencies, so it remains to be seen what is true and what is not.
The head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, said that there were elements of politics in the WADA decision, but expressed the hope that it would not affect the participation of “clean” Russian athletes in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea, Interfax notes .
RUSADA has been inconsistent with the WADA code since November 2015 and does not function fully. In June 2017, the agency received the right to plan and collect doping samples under the supervision of WADA and the British Anti-Doping Agency.
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