Story highlights Svein Arne Hansen says Russia will have to put in a lot of effort to compete in Rio

The IAAF, which suspended Russia from international competition, will send a team to investigate in January

Track and field's ruling body will meet in March and hear report findings

(CNN) The head of European Athletics told a UK track and field publication he doesn't think Russia's track federation will be reinstated in time for the 2016 Olympics.

Svein Arne Hansen told Athletics Weekly that the Russian federation must undergo "a cultural change. They must get rid of all those people from before."

Russia was suspended in November by track and field's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, and must undergo an inspection by an IAAF team, which is scheduled to visit in mid-January. The IAAF will issue a report two months later on whether Russia has reformed its system and met the IAAF criteria.

"We will have the first report to the IAAF in March but for the moment they have to really, really put a lot of effort in to compete in Rio," Hansen said in a preview of the full interview published on the magazine's website Tuesday.

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