Global climate treaty gets key boost from Russia
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After years of wavering, the Kremlin announced Thursday it will throw Russia&#39;s decisive vote behind the 1997 Kyoto climate change treaty
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Russia&#39;s upper parliament ratified the Kyoto environmental protocol Wednesday, and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for an anticipated quick approval.
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NAIROBI, Kenya  - Russia formally acceded Thursday to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming following its signing into law by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
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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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President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill confirming Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, giving the final stamp of approval that would bring the global climate pact into force early next year, the Kremlin said Friday.
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LONDON, Oct 22 (IPS) - Nobody stands to gain more than Russia through its   move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to cut  atmosphere-warming  emissions and through that to contain climate  change.
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Russia&#39;s president has signed the Kyoto Protocol ensuring the global climate pact will take effect, Novosti reported Friday. Putin had delayed signing the treaty until he gained
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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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DAVID HARDAKER: Nearly seven years after it was first proposed, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change has now been given the green light - courtesy of the Russian Government.
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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's lower house of parliament is to vote on ratification of  the international treaty on climate change.
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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&#39;s parliament ratified the UN climate accord Friday in a historic vote that virtually guarantees the treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions will finally enter into force seven years after its creation.
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Russia yesterday handed over its official ratification documents of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce world-wide greenhouse gas emissions to the secretary general of the United Nation, Kofi Annan.
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President Vladimir Putin has signed the Kyoto Protocol, giving the final stamp of approval to bring the global climate pact into force early next year, the Kremlin said today.
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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 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.