IAAF Taskforce : interim report to IAAF Council, 1 December 2016 / Rune Andersen. - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). - Monaco : IAAF, 2016
the IAAF Council suspended RusAF from membership in November 2015, after a WADA Independent Commission concluded there was a systemic and deeply-rooted culture of doping in Russian athletics. The Council decided that, in order to be reinstated to membership, RusAF must satisfy a number of specified 'Verification Criteria', and must demonstrate that the following three 'Reinstatement Conditions' "have been met, and can reasonably be expected to continue to be met moving forward":
1st, that RUSAF complies in full with the World Anti-Doping Code and IAAF Anti-Doping Rules;
2nd, that the IAAF and RUSADA (the Russian NADO) are able to conduct their anti-doping programmes in Russia (in particular, drug-testing) effectively and without interference; and
3rd, that as a result, the reintegration of Russian athletes into international competitions will not jeopardise the integrity of those competitions.
The Taskforce recommends that there be no change to RusAF’s status now, but it will report again on progress at the Council’s next meeting, in February 2017, when it hopes to be able to identify a clear roadmap and timetable for RusAF’s reinstatement.