Restoration of membership of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is necessary in order to continue the investigation against athletes from the Russian Federation. Such a statement was made by the head of the international organization Craig Reedy. The functionary had to justify himself before the commission of WADA athletes, who opposed the restoration of RUSAD membership. "I would like to ask the athletes: what is the alternative?" In what we do, there is a key element - access to doping tests and data that will allow us to continue the process of dealing with cases, "Reidi quotes Inside the Games. According to the head of the agency, with the restoration of RUSADA in rights should not be delayed, as access to the data of the Moscow laboratory will provide additional information on the current cases. "The Moscow laboratory stores about 2800 doping tests, which we want to see in order to continue reviewing the existing cases and, possibly, to open new ones. If those who criticized us knew this, they would express more sympathy for us, "Reedi said.. Earlier it became known that the commission of athletes WADA issued a collective statement on the inadmissibility of amnesty of the Russian agency. "As clean athletes, we are devastated after the decision of WADA to restore RUSADA without completing the road map," - said in her Twitter opinion the general head of the commission Becky Scott. "We expected WADA to stand up for pure athletes and sports, instead we saw that the nuances and pragmatism took precedence over justice and responsibility," she wrote.. RUSADA was reinstated at the meeting of the WADA executive committee on September 20. For this decision, 9 out of 12 members of the executive committee of the organization voted.

However, the Russian side was warned that until December 31 of this year the Moscow laboratory should provide for verification all the data and samples stored in it. Otherwise, the amnesty will be annulled. "If the terms are broken, then the executive committee again recognizes RUSADA as inappropriate to the code," warned Readi. Russian fighters against doping were stripped of their status in 2015. after the report of the Richard McLaren Commission and testimony of the former head of the national anti-doping laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov.