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President stands firm on Kyoto: he will not ratify the present protocol
Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow
Friday December 5, 2003
The Guardian
After days of conflicting statements from ministers, Russia made clear yesterday that it was not prepared to ratify the Kyoto protocol in its present form.
A presidential spokesman told the Guardian that Moscow could not sign the 1997 international protocol to combat global warming "in its current state because it prescribes limitations for Russia that will create the most serious obstacles for economic growth and contradict its national interests".
The spokesman added that Moscow did not reject the treaty - which needs Russian consent to come into force worldwide - but wanted continued dialogue, and "expects that some of the demands made on Russia would be changed".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatecha...100270,00.html
Its from the left wing uk Guardian, news a liberal can trust.