Russian stance on Kyoto doubted
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From the anchor desk... A day after a senior Russian official attending a UN environmental conference in Milan said that Russia would not ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming in its present form, leaders
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The Russian government said on Wednesday  it would discuss ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on global climate  change to which Moscow holds the key.
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The Russian government approved the  Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, giving decisive support to the  long-delayed climate change treaty that should allow it to come  into force worldwide.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's lower house of parliament was expected to vote Friday on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on combatting global warming, putting the pact firmly on the road to realization.
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Russia could ratify the Kyoto Protocol  by the end of the year and kick-start global attempts to  control climate change, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov  said on Thursday.
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MOSCOW  - The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of the legislature ratified the global climate pact Wednesday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature - setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year.
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Europeans welcomed Russia's move toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, but environmentalists cautioned that the accord, rejected by the United States, can only be a "first step" toward negotiating deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Russia appears set to approve the Kyoto climate change treaty, which could lead to its adoption worldwide.
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Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (01/10/04) - The US administration said on Thursday that it was working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, on its own, reiterating its opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, which the Russian government approved
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin put the finishing touches on his country&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, reducing greenhouse gas emissions also moved one notch higher on Japan&#39;s policy agenda.
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Foreign governments question Russia's stance on Sakhalin's key oil project as officials say they will review the scheme.
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Russia's parliament was due to vote on Friday on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the last hurdle before the long-delayed climate change treaty comes into force worldwide.
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THE US stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told key ministries to sign the Kyoto protocol on global warming in a step toward salvaging the U.N. plan, international environmentalists said Wednesday.
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The Russian government expects parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol this month in a move allowing the long-delayed climate change treaty come into force worldwide, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.
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Russia's foreign minister cast new doubt   on whether the U.N. Security Council can reach a quick   consensus on punitive measures against Iran over its nuclear   program when he called sanctions a "dead end" on Friday.