The programme is called "Ethics in Sport: Key Aspects of Anti-Doping Activities" and is aimed at specialists at governing bodies, regional executive bodies and sport organisations.

The project is a continuation of the partnership between the two organisations, which began last year, and aims to lay a foundation of a new culture in sport and promote clean sport.

The programme, developed by deputy director general for International Cooperation and Anti-Doping Issues at RUSADA, who is still operational as an active body despite its non-compliant status, Margarita Pakhnotskaya together with the director of the School of Business and International Proficiency at MGIMO Anzhelika Mirzovaya.

it will include material on the basics of anti-doping policy.

Participants of the programme will learn about sporting ethics and anti-doping rules, allowing them to acquire the specialist knowledge and skills necessary to study anti-doping legislation.

They will also learn about the practice of combatting doping and learn how to assess the social context of decisions made in the anti-doping field.

Speaking at the opening of the programme, MGIMO professor Elena Ponomaryova, who is head of the sports industry programme, told participants about the structure of the course and the final exam they would have take.

Upon completing the course, participants will develop plans to promote the Ethics in Sport programme in their region.

The Russian Olympic Committee were recently reinstated by the International Olympic Committee after being banned from the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, where clean Russian athletes competed under the guise of Olympic Athletes from Russia, following systematic manipulation of the doping programme at events including the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.