Head of NADA: Doping test price for Belarusians to rise 30%

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has decided that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) does not adhere to the code of the organization. In its tweet the organization explains: "The anti-doping organization cannot perform operations until it restores the quality of its anti-doping programs and passes a new check for compliance."

The WADA imposed sanctions after the publication of the report, which accused Russia of systematic doping at the national level.

It is known, the National Anti-Doping Agency of Belarus (NADA) often sent out samples for analysis to the Moscow laboratory.

Now the tests of athletes are sent to Warsaw, director of NADA Dzyanis Muzhukhin told Euroradio.

"All the samples that were sent by us to Moscow were processed in time and we received a con clusion before the ban. Those samples (not Belarusian), which have remained unchecked, were ordered by the WADA to be sent to other laboratories at Moscow's cost," explains the situation the NADA director.

The Athletics Federation of Russia was disqualified for systematic violations, says Muzhukhin. Witness statements describe cases where samples were substituted.

Luckily, our athletes have nothing to do with it. However, doping controls cannot be carried out by laboratories not accredited by the WADA. For us the closest one was in Moscow, after the termination of its work we have cooperated with Warsaw. Sending samples there is 30% more expensive, says Dzyanis Muzhukhin.

Belarus has its own laboratory, which may engage in anti-doping tests, but it is not accredited by the WADA. Could the closure of the Moscow laboratory be a chance for us to get a license?

Dzyanis Muzhukhin says that the WADA is holding a moratorium on the opening of new laboratories in Europe until 2018. But at the end of this year we have planned discussions on the revision of the strategy.

"What these talks will end with is difficult to predict. We would like to have people notice our Minsk lab. And  the accreditation is also a long process in itself. If we start today, it will take about two years," explains Muzhukhin.

On November 14, the International Athletics Federation suspended the Russian athletes from all competitions held under the auspices of the IAAF. The ban includes the participation in the Olympic Games in 2016. Russia has also lost the right to conduct two major athletics competitions that were scheduled for 2016 - the World Team Race Walking Championship in Cheboksary and the Junior World Championship in Athletics in Kazan.

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