[drspacemonkey]

> The IOC wants to punish Russia and not the atletes, Why don't they allow for or facilitate independent doping testing then.

That's exactly what they're doing. The third sentence in the article:

    Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in major
    events only if they are not implicated in positive doping
    tests or if their data was not manipulated, according to 
    the WADA ruling.