The committee said in a statement the case was launched after a request for legal assistance by a court in Paris. According to the request from the French court, Russian athletics officials allowed violations of anti-doping rules, the statement said.
Russian sport has been rocked in recent months by allegations of a state-sponsored doping scandal.
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(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)
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