Russia threatens to cut WADA financing

August 19, 2016

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has threatened to pull financing to WADA unless their national anti-doping agency - RUSADA - gets its accreditation.

On 18 November 2015, the WADA Foundation Board declared RUSADA non-compliant after an independent panel investigated Russias anti-doping program related to athletics.

- My belief is that if our organization is not restored for another period of time, what's the point of paying?, Mutko said the newspaper Sputnik.

Russia is a large contributor to the WADA budget. Since 2010 the country has paid more than $700,000.

Russias contributions

2010:$722,546
2011:$728,853
2012:$721,957
2013:$716,290
2014:$721,609
2015:$745,875
2016:$772,326
Total: $5,129,456 (average:$732,779)

(Source: WADA - https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/finance/contributions-funding)

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