The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, in place since 2023 in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, clearing the way for the nation’s athletes to compete as members of the ROC at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and beyond.The IOC said in a statement Tuesday that the ROC will be allowed to compete again because its membership no longer includes regional sports organizations in territories under the jurisdiction of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. The IOC said that “the ROC confirmed that it does not, and will not, conduct any activities in these territories,” and that it will continue to monitor the situation.Russia, however, has continued its conflict with Ukraine, a war now stretching more than four years. The IOC’s decision comes two days after Russia fired missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 16 people.The IOC’s decision acknowledged a “lack of confidence” in the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the yearslong fallout from a state-sponsored doping scandal stemming from the 2014 Sochi Games and laid out expectations for Russian athletes to test “multiple times” before returning. If RUSADA is still considered non-compliant leading into the 2028 Games, the IOC said, Russian athletes would need to undergo independent testing.