The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has praised the work of independent expert leva lukosiute- who has completed her work in Moscow after helping with the reinstatement process of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada).

Lukosiute the director of Lithuania’s anti-doping agency and a council of Europe official, and Australia’s peter Nicholson, a former war crimes investigator, were tasked with helping to rebuild trust in Rusada in April 2016.

Last month, WADA president sir Craig Reedie made a plea for unity following the fractious fall-out to the Russian doping scandal as he claimed gaining access to the data at the Moscow laboratory has proven the organization made the right decision to reinstate the country.

Sir Craig used his keynote address at the annual symposium in Lausanne to staunchly defend the way WADA handled the Russian situation amid criticism of the actions taken by the global watchdog.

The decision from the WADA executive committee to lift the suspension on Rusada in September sparked a backlash against the organization from athletes and largely western national anti-doping organizations.

WADA then came under more pressure to sanction Russia after the country missed a December 31 deadline to grant access to data stored at the Moscow laboratory, although it was eventually able to extract the information 10 days later.