The former Sports Minister particularly criticised the "excessive" financial payments which must be paid by the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) in order for an improved testing programme to be implemented.

He described it as a "shakedown", seemingly meaning an illegal attempt to extort money.

Russia was suspended from all IPC-organised events, including the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in August after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-commissioned McLaren Report claimed they had manipulated the testing programme to hide doping failures by home athletes at events including the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

This means they are also currently suspended from international competitions in all sports where the IPC also acts as the world governing body: Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboard, ice sledge hockey, athletics, powerlifting, shooting and swimming.

An 11-page document outlining reinstatement criteria signed by IPC chief executive Xavier Gonzalez was published on Monday (November 21).

Point 27 stipulated how the RPC "will be required to contribute to anti-doping operations".

Clause 27.2 (b) then elaborates how, "starting from January 1, 2017", this includes "the sum of €250,000 (£213,000/$264,000) per calendar year during the period of the RPC's suspension, payable by January 31 each year".

It adds: "In addition, the sum of €125,000 (£107,000/$132,000) per calendar year for three calendar years following December 31 of the year of reinstatement, payable by January 31 in each year".

This has been interpreted as a "fine" in Russia.

"Of course, these financial demands are excessive, I would even call it a shakedown," Mutko told the TASS news agency.

"Where should the Paralympic Movement get [this money] from? 

"The demands should be equal for everyone."

Alexander Popov, the double Olympic swimming gold medallist and International Olympic Committee honorary member seen as a future contender for the Russian Olympic Committee Presidency, went even further in telling TASS the financial demands were a "racket" which are "impossible to explain".

An IPC spokesperson told insidethegames: "We do not want to speak about specific criteria publicly in order to avoid misunderstandings before we have discussed them all with the RPC."

The funds are not considered a "fine", however, rather than a necessary funding payment allowing the greater number of IPC-commissioned anti-doping tests in Russia required under the criteria.

No specific date has yet been announced for the IPC and the RPC to meet and discuss the criteria.

It is hoped it will take place "as soon as possible" in order to speed-up the readmission process.

This comes ahead of the unveiling of the second part of the McLaren Report in London on December 9 at which the initial allegations regarding the Sochi Paralympics are expected to be backed-up with hard evidence - much of which has already been seen by the IPC. 

Mutko has fiercely criticised the overall criteria, claiming the IPC "does not behave like a serious public organisation".

"The demands are indeed inadequate, there are no specific and adequate complaints about the current work of the Paralympic Committee, this only concerns the alleged violations," he added to TASS.

"For today, the Paralympic Committee’s guilt is unclear.

"This is an attempt to drag us into a long, drawn-out reinstatement process. 

"Of course, this is all beyond the law and common sense. 

"But now, unfortunately, this is the current reality in international sports."