Thursday 19 November 2015 00:08, UK
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended Russia's Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) with immediate effect after ruling it non-compliant with their strict code.
The national anti-doping agencies of Andorra, Israel, Argentina, Bolivia and Ukraine were also ruled non-compliant, while Belgium, Brazil, France, Greece, Mexico and Spain were placed on a compliance "watch list" and given until March 2016 to be fully compliant.
WADA official Rene Bouchard said a compliance review committee was "unanimous in its view that RUSADA should be declared non-compliant with immediate effect".
WADA's foundation board voted unanimously to pass the measure after Bouchard's submission.
The decision was widely expected after an independent WADA commission detailed a doping scandal in Russia's track and anti-doping programs
WADA had already suspended Moscow's anti-doping laboratory.
Russia forms anti-doping task force after provisional IAAF suspension
Wednesday's ruling means Russia cannot host international events, although the country's right to host athletics events had already been quashed by a provisional suspension issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Bouchard said RUSADA had acknowledged some of the breaches and "expressed full openness and willingness to work with WADA to address them".
