Kyoto Protocol Clears Key Hurdle in Russia
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Steam and smoke rise from cooling towers on the outskirts of Moscow, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Friday, moving the sweeping environmental
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MOSCOW - The Russian cabinet today approved the Kyoto Protocol in a crucial step that could bring the long-delayed climate change treaty into effect within months.
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The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of parliament ratified the global climate pact Wednesday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature &#151; setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's government, ending its wavering, will approve ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the Interfax news agency said Wednesday.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his seal  of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol,  clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing  global warming to come into force early next year.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament ratified the long-stalled Kyoto climate change treaty on Friday, clearing the last major hurdle for the global pact to take force seven years after it was drafted.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his seal of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol, clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing global warming to come into force early next year.
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The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, has ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was signed by Russia in 1997.
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The Russian government has approved the Kyoto Protocol, giving decisive support to the long-delayed climate change treaty that should allow it to come into force worldwide.
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The Russian government approved the  Kyoto Protocol Thursday, giving decisive support to the  long-delayed climate change treaty that should allow it to come  into force worldwide.
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Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the worldwide Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday, clearing the way for implementation of the long-delayed United Nations pact.
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The Kyoto environmental accord has cleared the final hurdle to ratification with a vote in the Russian Parliament on Friday. The approval of Russian lawmakers gives the stalled accord enough international support to come into force worldwide.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, thus completing Russia&#39;s ratification of the treaty, the presidential press service said on Friday.
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Russia's upper house of parliament on Wednesday ratified the Kyoto Protocol and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for the final stamp of approval that would bring the global climate pact into force early next year.
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NAIROBI, Kenya  - Russia formally acceded Thursday to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming following its signing into law by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that marks Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, clearing the path for the United Nations environmental pact to be implemented next year.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill confirming Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin said Friday, giving the final stamp of approval to the global climate pact that will come into force early next year.