— Published on December 3, 2015

No new anti-doping agency

Russia

The plan to set up a new national anti-doping agency in Russia is no longer relevant. Special Advisor to the Minister of Sports, Natalia Zhelanova, explained to the national media: the current agency, RUSADA, will be reorganized and reformed in accordance with the expectations of WADA and the IAAF, but it will not let makes way for a new anti-doping structure. Making something new out of something old, therefore.