Russia not to ratify Kyoto Protocol

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Russia will not ratify the UN Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gases in its present form.

A top Kremlin adviser in Moscow said on Tuesday that the Protocol in the current form placed "significant limitations" on the country's economic development.

“In its current form, the Kyoto protocol places significant limitations on the economic growth of Russia," Andrei Illarionov, Vladimir Putin's chief advisor on economic issues, said.

"Of course, in its present form, this protocol cannot be ratified," he said.

Al Jazeera