RUSADA will resume in February – Kommersant

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), to suspend its activities in November, after the first part of the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), will resume in February. At the same time with one international expert as part of its new guide and two international experts appointed to analyze the work of the agency in a new format to restore compliance with the Code WADA.

Wednesday Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that Russia is ready to open the structure and take a few specialists who will be recommended to WADA as experts and will work one to two years. In its release, WADA announced that it will appoint two international experts to analyze the attempts to restore compliance with the Code RUSADA WADA, as well as the request made to one international expert and entered in the new management RUSADA.

Currently agreed final details of an agreement between the British and RUSADA Anti-Doping Agency (UKADA), which will prepare a timetable of testing and delivery of the therapeutic exception of the Russian athletes. And so it will continue until such time as RUSADA not return the status of the organization, consistent with the Code WADA. Until the end of January RUSADA sign other agreements: a laboratory where samples will be analyzed by the Russians and the organization responsible for the work of anti-doping officers. And in February, the agency will resume its work in the new format. The Russian side will issue permits for the exportation of the bioassay, as well as to all the current activities of coordinating it with UKADA. This was reported by Tass Adviser to the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation for Anti-Doping ensure Natalia Zhelanova. “Partner RUSADA determined by the British Anti-Doping Agency, – she said. – I think by February RUSADA together with UKADA exactly begin their work in Russia. Samples of Russians will be studied in more than one, and in several foreign laboratories. Selection and delivery of samples will take the inspectors RUSADA together with several international business companies – PWC, IDTM, Cleridium, who have permission from WADA and the work commissioned by various anti-doping organizations. They will take samples in the laboratory, which will indicate which initiated testing organization ».

November 18, we recall, the council of founders WADA in Colorado Springs, the committee approved the decision of non-compliance WADA Code RUSADA international organization. November 25-26 in Frankfurt, at the meeting the Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko with the leadership of WADA was drafted” roadmap “for out of the situation. December 10, the day when the General Director Ramil Khabriev RUSADA resigned as acting CEO organization was appointed Anna Antseliovich commission WADA arrived in Moscow. It was determined that RUSADA to help carry out the work in Russia during the period of non-compliance WADA Code will be experts from UKADA.

Vera Mukhina