Parties included in Annex I to the Convention were requested by decision 6/CP.25 to submit their eighth national communication to the secretariat by no later than 31 December 2022. According to decision 15/CMP.1, Parties included in Annex I to the Convention that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol are required to include in their national communications supplementary information under Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Kyoto Protocol. This report presents the results of the technical review of the eighth national communication and relevant supplementary information under the Kyoto Protocol of the Russian Federation, conducted by an expert review team in accordance with the “Guidelines for the technical review of information reported under the Convention related to greenhouse gas inventories, biennial reports and national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention” and the “Guidelines for review under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol”.

Developed country Parties were requested by decision 6/CP.25 to submit their fifth biennial report to the secretariat by no later than 31 December 2022. This report presents the results of the technical review of the fifth biennial report of the Russian Federation, conducted by an expert review team in accordance with the “Guidelines for the technical review of information reported under the Convention related to greenhouse gas inventories, biennial reports and national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention”.

The review of these submissions took place in Bonn from 16 to 20 October 2023.