Russia to file Arctic claim to U.N. this year: report
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Russia will file a claim to the gigantic  mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United Nations by  the end of the year, Russia's natural resources minister was  quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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Eight Arctic countries agreed a plan to counter a rapid thaw of the region on Wednesday with indigenous peoples accusing Washington of blocking stronger action meant to slow global warming.
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President Vladimir Putin submitted the Kyoto treaty on global warming for approval to the Russian parliament, the Kremlin said.
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Russia makes claims of new nuclear missile technology
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Rising global temperatures will melt areas of the Arctic this century, making them more accessible for oil and natural gas drilling, a report prepared by the United States and seven other nations said on Monday.
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Russia took its case for expanding the global war against terrorism to the United Nations, demanding the Security Council draw up a new list of terror suspects who would be subject to extradition.
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Russia was due to formally hand over its accession papers on the Kyoto protocol to the UN in Nairobi, ensuring the pact for developed countries to combat global warming becomes a full treaty in mid-February, UN sources said.
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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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Russia is to set up a special environmental commission to work alongside the country's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a top official has said after the World Wildlife Fund warned environmental concerns could scupper the bid.
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Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the  last step in the destruction of oil major YUKOS, saying it will  auction its main Siberian unit on Dec. 19 for $8.65 billion and  hit it with a new tax claim.
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Russia's parliament could ratify the  Kyoto Protocol by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister  Alexander Zhukov said on Thursday.
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The Inuit of the Arctic plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the U.S. is threatening their existence.
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Denmark is joining Russia and Canada to see if it can lay a claim to the North Pole &#151; and whatever natural riches may lie beneath it.
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The Arctic, already a dump for Russian nuclear waste from the Cold War, is also rapidly becoming a chemical sump for the globe, the World Wide Fund for Nature said on Thursday.
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The Russian government will discuss ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, the government press service said on Wednesday, in a sign Russia is finally making up its mind to back the climate change pact.
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Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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RBC, 18.11.2004, Moscow 18:58:06.The submission of the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opens a way for this important treaty to take effect, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko