Re: No Decision Made... Re: Russia to Reject Pact on Climate, Putin Aide Says

"Theodor Adorno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:24:08 +0000, Dr. Convection wrote:
>
> > Russia to Reject Pact on Climate, Putin Aide Says
> > By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ANDREW C. REVKIN
> >
> > Published: December 3, 2003
> >
> >
> > MOSCOW, Dec. 2 - A senior Kremlin official declared Tuesday that Russia
> > would not ratify the international treaty requiring cuts in the
emissions of
> > gases linked to global warming, delivering what could be a fatal blow to
> > years of diplomatic efforts.
>
> Putin's senior aides have diverse positions on Kyoto.
>
> Until Putin speaks, no decision has been made.
>
> The aide quoted above is close to Exxon.....so his biases are well known.

He has made this same claim before and been contadicted by Putin. There is,
in fact, no significance to him repeating his own personal opinion.

>
> He is not the only person close to Putin.

Nor is Putin incapable of making up his own mind.