"The Russian Ministry of Sport will carefully study all the conclusions of the report and the evidence based on which these conclusions have been made, [subsequently] adopting appropriate measures," the statement read.
The ministry also called on WADA to "rely on facts and proof."
"We do not believe that it is in competence of the Commission to predetermine further actions of international sports organizations, where representatives of the sports movement in Russia are full-fledged members," the statement added.
According to WADA, Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s sports minister, was aware of numerous manipulations of doping tests, and that the Russian Federal Security Service has been complicit in the use of doping by Russian athletes.
Mutko has denied these accusations and said that athlete doping is a global problem, and the isolation of one country will change nothing.