“The LIMS used in the Moscow laboratory was periodically modified and changed (from 2012 to 2015), and after the emigration of Rodchenkov (November 2015), Migachev and Sobolevsky (August 2015) until June 2016, it was actually administered via the Internet from Los “Angeles (with administrator rights that allow you to make any changes, deletions, including falsifications without evidence),” - quotes the words from the statement of TASS experts.
According to experts, because of this, the LIMS of the Moscow laboratory was periodically subjected to changes and distortions from abroad. It is emphasized that changes were recorded from November 2015 to June 2016 from the account of Migachev from the state of California, USA.
On November 25, the WADA Compliance Committee recommended that the executive committee remove Russia from international competitions for four years, as well as ban it from hosting international tournaments. In addition, the participation of Russian athletes in competitions only in neutral status was recommended.
This is due to the identification of intentional changes in the data of the Moscow laboratory, the transfer of which in its original form was one of the key points for restoring RUSADA compliance status with the World Anti-Doping Code.
The WADA Executive Committee meeting on this issue will be held on December 9.
Earlier, Russian experts rejected WADA's statement about manipulating the laboratory database.