Russia Duma Ratifies Kyoto Environment Pact
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Russia's Duma ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change pact to come into force worldwide.
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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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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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Russia has formally joined the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, after President Vladimir Putin signed Russian ratification into law earlier this month.
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The Russian Duma (parliament) approved the Kyoto global warming treaty on Friday, prompting congratulations from environmentalists who blast the United States for not following suit.
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MOSCOW -- Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gases yesterday, all but assuring that the sweeping environmental pact will take effect after years of delays.
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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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MOSCOW -- The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of Parliament ratified the global climate pact yesterday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature, setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year. Putin's stamp of approval is considered a formality, but the Kremlin has given ...
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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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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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The Duma, the lower house of parliament, voted 334-73 to ratify the treaty. The Kyoto Protocol calls for developed nations to lower the emissions of six key greenhouse gases to 5.2 percent below the levels
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said on Thursday in what could be a final step on the long road to bringing the global pact into force.
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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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Russia&#39;s government has approved the Kyoto Protocol and sent the climate change pact to the State Duma lower house of parliament for endorsement.
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Russia formally ratified the Kyoto  Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for  the international environment accord to come into force early  next year.
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Russiaâs lower house of parliament, the State Duma ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Friday. The bill was passed by 334 votes in favour, 73 against and with two abstentions, Reuters reported.
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MOSCOW  - 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.