Russian sports have a new problem. More precisely, it became known at the end of last year, but few people immediately drew attention to the new edition of the International Standard of Conformity to the WADA Code. And in vain. As one small change - and Russia has no chance of accepting international starts. The document was approved in November 2017.. and published on the WADA website in December. And there in the art. 20. eleven. said: "To accept applications for holding world championships and other international sporting events only from those countries whose governments have ratified, accepted, approved the UNESCO Convention or joined it, and the National Olympic Committees and National Anti-Doping Organizations were recognized as relevant to the code," Championat says.. com. As is known, the Russian agency RUSADA just in December received a denial of reinstatement, respectively, recognized as "not in accordance with the code". In this connection, from April 1, 2018. and as long as WADA does not recognize RUSADA, no Russian applications for the organization and conduct of international competitions will be accepted. However, this will not affect the events held by federations and organizations that did not sign the WADA code - for example, basketball Euroleague, MMA, UEFA, so that the World Cup is not threatened in any way. The innovation will not affect the competitions, the contract for which has already been signed. But then - all. No stages of "Formula-1", chess horizontal bars, grand prix stages in figure skating and so on. And so it will be until WADA does not have mercy on Russia. While there are no prerequisites for this.