MOSCOW, March 23, Sergey Fuks. All-Russian Federation of Athletics (ARAF) is awaiting a response from the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) on a number of specific issues, said Irina Privalova, acting president of the ARAF. Since 2015, due to the suspension of the ARAF due to doping scandals, Russian athletes could only compete in tournaments in a neutral status. In early March, against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, World Athletics decided not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to the next starts under its auspices. «We sent several letters to World Athletics to clarify our position on a neutral status, since money was spent for this, We have not received a response yet We asked questions about the removal of the ARAF — so that we would be informed without a political component what exactly has not been done yet The World Athletics working group noted a lot of work, but something else is missing — we were not satisfied such an approach. Now we are waiting, the ball is on their side,» Privalova said.
