Evidence of 47 cases obtained by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from the Moscow Laboratory have been sent to International Federations to begin prosecutions, it was confirmed here today.

There have been no attempts to hack the systems of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the Moscow-based organisation revealed today.

A decision on whether a suspension should be reimposed on Russia could be made by the end of next month, the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed tonight, but their case may have been damaged by new reports from Microsoft claiming a group linked to the Moscow Government tried to hack the computers of 16 international anti-doping agencies.

Any change in the status of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) following the latest charges linked to the Moscow Laboratory should not affect the country's Paralympic athletes, it has been claimed.

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus has claimed the organisation has been "betrayed" and warned sport in the country was heading for the "abyss" after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found data from the Moscow Laboratory may have been manipulated.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach promised here today that they will take "a fresh look" at new doping claims against Russia. 

A formal compliance procedure has been launched against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the country has been given three weeks by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to respond to allegations it manipulated data from the Moscow Laboratory.

Russia could have its suspension reimposed, following the emergence of information which allegedly shows the country manipulated data from the Moscow Laboratory before it was handed to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The head of Russia's anti-doping agency has launched a scathing attack on the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), calling for directors to resign over the current international ban on track and field athletes.

In a bad week for Russian weightlifting, two new doping suspensions have been announced.

Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) chairman Michael Ask has claimed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was right to reinstate Russia but criticised its failure to explain the reasons why it was more important to gain access to the Moscow Laboratory than "an official apology from Vladimir Putin".

Russian track and field athletes were the most tested by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the first half of this year, the organisation has claimed.

Russia's anti-doping reform efforts have been further called into question after two amateur boxers were found to have competed while serving drugs bans.

Former volleyball international Pavel Moroz is among the latest batch of competitors sanctioned by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after testing positive for banned drugs.

Rugby player Dmitry Gritsenko, cross-country skier Andrei Nishchakov and cyclist Yekaterina Golovastova have become the latest Russian athletes to be banned for doping.