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The IAAF took action after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
Its council members voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
"This is a wake-up call for all of us," said IAAF president Lord Coe.
He told BBC Sport: "Our sport finds itself in a shameful situation.
"I am wholly focused on the changes that need to be made. I have openly conceded that we need to learn some very tough lessons.
What are the implications?
As it stands, Russian athletes may not enter international competitions, including the World Athletic Series and Rio Olympics, which begin on 5 August next year.
Russia will also not be entitled to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Kazan.
The IAAF says that unless the Russian Athletics Federation (Araf) voluntarily accepts a full suspension, it is entitled to proceed to a full hearing on whether the provisional suspension should be made full.
Will Russia boycott the Olympics in protest?
Mutko said on Thursday that Russia is "against a boycott" and "against political interference in sport", adding the country is a "dependable partner of the international Olympic movement".
Russian President Vladimir Putin also demanded co-operation with doping authorities, saying: "The battle must be open. A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest."
What happens next?
Its council members voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
"This is a wake-up call for all of us," said IAAF president Lord Coe.
He told BBC Sport: "Our sport finds itself in a shameful situation.
"I am wholly focused on the changes that need to be made. I have openly conceded that we need to learn some very tough lessons.
What are the implications?
As it stands, Russian athletes may not enter international competitions, including the World Athletic Series and Rio Olympics, which begin on 5 August next year.
Russia will also not be entitled to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Kazan.
The IAAF says that unless the Russian Athletics Federation (Araf) voluntarily accepts a full suspension, it is entitled to proceed to a full hearing on whether the provisional suspension should be made full.
Will Russia boycott the Olympics in protest?
Mutko said on Thursday that Russia is "against a boycott" and "against political interference in sport", adding the country is a "dependable partner of the international Olympic movement".
Russian President Vladimir Putin also demanded co-operation with doping authorities, saying: "The battle must be open. A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest."
What happens next?
- The Wada report recommended doping bans for five athletes and five coaches, and the IOC has called for the IAAF to take disciplinary action against them. The IOC said it would take "all the necessary measures and sanctions with regard to the withdrawal and reallocation of medals". The athletes are yet to respond to the report's findings, and the allegations are unproven.
- Interpol is co-ordinating a French-led global investigation into doping allegations in athletics.
- Wada will release further details from its report later this year - there were redacted sections on the IAAF because of ongoing criminal investigations. Wada is also due to reveal its findings into separate widespread blood data doping claims published by the Sunday Times and ARD in August.
- Lord Coe has said the IAAF's internal review will be "accelerated" after the governing body was described as being "inexplicably lax in following up suspicious blood (and other) profiles". The Wada report also claimed to have evidence of multiple rules breaches by IAAF officials.
- Wada will be enhancing its whistle-blowing process "to encourage, and offer greater protection to, anonymous sources that may be willing to come forward with valuable information".
