The World Anti-Doping Agency is banning Russia from all major competitions for the next four years.
That includes the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup..
WADA handed down the sanctions because Russian sport officials failed to cooperate in several investigations.
RUSADA now has 21 days to accept the decision or appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A report commissioned by WADA found the Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale and ambition.
According to CNN: "The findings led to sanctions, including no Russian team being present at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, with certain eligible athletes being forced to compete under a neutral flag.
The latest ban leaves the door open for Russian athletes, who can prove they are not tainted by the scandal, to compete as neutral athletes."
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