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Russia Athletics Federation says to prove innocence over doping - R-Sport

A view through a fence, decorated with the Olympic rings, shows a building of the federal state budgetary institution "Federal scientific centre of physical culture and sports", which houses a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in Moscow, Russia, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Athletics Federation said on Thursday that it will demonstrate its innocence in response to a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on alleged doping, R-Sport news agency reported. The Federation said its response to the report is to be issued at 1700 GMT. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Christian Lowe)