[2] The laboratory was a part of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Physical Culture based in Moscow.
[2] The laboratory received accreditation from the IOC and the right to analyze samples taken at the world's largest competitions, including the Olympic Games, on July 7, 1980.
[5] Until December 2015, the laboratory existed in the form of a federal state unitary enterprise.
In December 2015, it was transformed into a federal state budgetary institution, the founder of which is the Ministry of Sports.
On October 11, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow State University would coordinate the laboratory's work.