Russia dismisses doping allegations as 'groundless'
Moscow has dismissed allegations from the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russian athletes and officials were part of a "state sponsored doping programme", saying the claims are "groundless".
Earlier the Russian sports ministry said it is open to "closer co-operation" with the World Anti-Doping Agency to eliminate any irregularities created by the Russian anti-doping watchdog.
Russia is "on the path to cleaning up sport", the head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency has said.
"There are problems, but the objective facts, based on statistics, show that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency is quite effective," Nikita Kamaev said.
"The agency takes the highest number of sanctions against transgressors in the world."
Mr Kamaev also raised questions about the credibility of sources used in Wada's doping report that incriminates Russian athletes and officials because they included sports stars who had failed doping tests.
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