Under the supervision of the Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Natural Resources in Russia, the third meeting of the Working Group on the Aarhus Convention was held in February 2017. During the discussion, it was noted that several changes to the Russian legislation are still required for the country to be in compliance with the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in the case of accession. In light of this, the Working Group has prepared a schedule running from 2016-2019 for Russia to effectively bring its laws and regulations in line with the provisions of the Convention. Several concrete amendments to the legislation are already planned and the next meeting of the Working Group is scheduled for the second half of 2017.
