Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims of World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) that the country's athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme. In a meeting at Sochi Wednesday night with the heads of country's sports federations including the Sports Minister, Mr Putin ordered to pay close attention to the doping allegations and for conducting an internal investigation. The meeting came in the wake of Monday's report by a commission of WADA alleging Russian sports being plagued by extensive state-sanctioned doping. The allegations have raised the prospect of Russia's track and field athletes being denied participation in next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.