A woman walks into the head office for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Canada, November 9, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

A formal process is supposed to be launched in a week when the provisional suspension is almost certain to be made permanent by a disciplinary panel.

All Russian athletes and support staff will be forbidden to participate in any international events including World Athletics Series competitions and the Olympic Games under the suspension.

Zhukov vowed on Monday that all athletes who used to take doping, their coaches and all specialists would be disqualified and barred from competitions.

Meanwhile, he claimed that the majority of Russian athletes have never taken doping.

"Our own stance and the position of the IOC is that we should guarantee the right of 'clean' athletes to perform at the Olympic Games," Zhukov said.