Russian cabinet backs Kyoto treaty
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THE Russian government has approved the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and sent it to parliament for ratification. Until now, Moscow has wavered over the treaty, which can only go into force with Russian backing.
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The Russian cabinet yesterday approved the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, a step that may bring the global warming treaty into force after parliament endorsement.
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The Russian government agreed to sign the Kyoto treaty, meaning the global climate accord probably will enter into force next year over the opposition of the US, the world&#39;s biggest polluter.
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Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol marks a new phase in the international cooperation to deal with the global warming and serves the country&#39;s interests, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said Thursday.
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MOSCOW, October 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russiaâs State Duma has approved of a bill on the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change.
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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.
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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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Russia formally notified the United Nations on Thursday of its acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, starting a three-month countdown for the long-debated 1997 pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions to come into force.
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Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol yesterday in a crucial step toward putting the long-delayed climate-change treaty into effect, although without participation by the United States.
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Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the pact -- despite US opposition -- once the Russian parliament ratifies it as expected.
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Russia's parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol in a historic vote meaning that the UN global warming pact is now virtually guaranteed to enter into force.
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MOSCOW - Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Thursday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the document once the Russian parliament ratifies it as widely expected.    The protocol must be ratified by no fewer than 55 countries that accounted for at least 55 percent of global emissions in 1990, and Russia's participation would tip the scale...
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said Thursday, in what could be a final step in the lengthy tussle to bring the global pact into force.
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A GOOD news for environmentalists and all those who love Mother Earth came yesterday with Russia formally declaring that it has ratified the Kyoto protocol.
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MOSCOW Sept. 30, 2004 - Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Thursday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the document once the Russian parliament ratifies it as widely expected.
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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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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament,the State Duma, has approved the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the greenhouse gas emissions limitation treaty drawn up by the United