Major figures in sport's anti-doping movement have gathered at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris ©Getty Images

The Russian Ministry of Sports has claimed that the Anti-Doping Logic system at the eighth session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Convention against Doping in Sport recognised Russia as "100 per cent compliant" with the Convention.

The event opened at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris yesterday, with the session today and tomorrow focusing on the progress made since the last session in 2019 and developing proposals that help with the implementation of the International Convention against Doping in Sport, which was introduced in February 2007.

Major anti-doping decision makers, including the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka have gathered in Paris.

Bańka yesterday called for Governments to be "held to account for the commitments they have made" to fulfilling the International Convention against Doping in Sport.

Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin, left, is leading the Russian delegation at the eighth session of the Conference of Parties to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport ©Russian Ministry of Sport
Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin, left, is leading the Russian delegation at the eighth session of the Conference of Parties to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport ©Russian Ministry of Sport

As per the Russian state news agency TASS, those in attendance at COP8 submitted a report on how they have implemented the Convention, answering questions on topics such as national anti-doping activities and international co-operation.

The Russian Ministry of Sports reported that it had received a "100 per cent" assessment concerning its implementation of the International Convention against Doping in Sport for the first time.

The Russian name, flag and anthem has been banned from World Championship and Olympic events since the Russian Anti-Doping Agency was declared non-compliant by WADA in December 2019 after the country was found to have manipulated data at the Moscow Laboratory.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced these sanctions from four years to two years in December 2020, but they are still due to be in place at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

At a meeting held yesterday between Bańka and Russia's Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin - the leader of the country's delegation at COP8 - the reinstatement process for RUSADA was one of the items discussed.