The IAAF Council refused in July to reinstate RUSAF's full membership and extended its suspension till the next meeting scheduled for December, reports Efe.
"RUSAF seeks a ruling from CAS annulling the IAAF Council decision of July 27, 2018, and reinstating it to full IAAF membership as soon as possible," according to CAS' media release that added: "An arbitration procedure has been opened."
The appeal came one week after the World Anti-Doping Agency provisionally rehabilitated the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), whose license was suspended three years ago over an alleged state-backed doping programme.
RUSAF was suspended shortly before the 2016 Summer Olympics over the allegations and only a handful of Russian athletes were cleared to take part in the event under the Olympic flag.
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