Russian move on climate welcomed
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The EU and environmental groups hail the Russian cabinet's decision to back the Kyoto climate change treaty.
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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's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on combatting global warming Friday, putting the sweeping environmental pact firmly on the road to taking effect.
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China welcomed on Thursday Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto climate change protocol and urged countries that have not done so to follow suit.
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MOSCOW -- Russia'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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Major international environmental groups have hailed the decision by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin to endorse ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a historic breakthrough in curbing global warming.
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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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Russia's cabinet said it supported the Kyoto Protocol, Interfax reported, in the first concrete sign that Moscow would ratify the pact and enable the UN's global warming treaty to enter into force.
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Russia's President Putin signs the Kyoto protocol on climate change - enabling it to  come into force next year.
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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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President Vladimir Putin has signed Russiaâs ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, formally joining the international environmental pact aiming to limit industrial emissions and thus curb climate change.
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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 has approved the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which sets formal targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and sent it to the country&#39;s parliament for ratification.
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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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Russia gave final approval to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming as President Vladimir Putin signed legislation ratifying the landmark environmental pact that seeks to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, the Kremlin said Friday.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin  unambiguously backed the Kyoto Protocol on Tuesday, in his  first public comments since his government sent it to the  Kremlin- dominated parliament for ratification.