The Russian Dinasaur

"Illarionov's opinion will sound like music to the ears of the US
administration..."

If Russia doesn't ratify the Kyoto Protocol, it may very well prove to
be the "Russian Dinasaur," putting the interests of the few powerful
ones over the many weak ones, probably to please that other hungry
saurius; another example of the Law of the Jungle indeed. No wonder we
are all in the list of 'endangered species'...

EVOLVE OR ELSE! 

Once upon a time lived a race of dinosaurs whose violence and appetite
alarmed everybody... One day a Little Ant, tired of feeling stepped
upon, and worried about her cooperative enterprise, came up to the
Americanus Raptor--the biggest dinosaur of them all--and asked: "Why
you always have to protect the right of the dinosaurs, who do nothing
but eat everything in their path? Why don't the little animals get a
fair share of this world?" Then the dinosaur, who had a bad temper,
replied: "Bigger is better, so get lost..."

The Little Ant, then, gathered the whole cooperative and said:
"Comrades, our world is being threatened by the dinosaurs, so..." And
at that precise moment the Earth was hit by a big ball of fire,
destroying all but the small animals...

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Russian Election Politicking Over Kyoto Protocol

IPR Greenpeace & WWF
Russian election politicking over Kyoto Protocol nothing more than hot
air
Tuesday 2nd December 2003 Milan, Italy - The statement of a Russian
economic advisor against the Kyoto Protocol was nothing more than
pre-election bluster, ahead of Moscow's Duma election this Sunday,
according to WWF and Greenpeace, participating in the Climate Change
Conference in Milan.

A Russian economic advisor to President Putin, Andrei Illarionov, had
stated today that he believed Russia would not ratify the Kyoto
Protocol in its present form, because it placed "significant
limitations on the economic growth of Russia".

Alexey Kokorin, the head of WWF's Climate Change program in Russia,
said that Illarionov's statement is of a pre-election political
manoeuvring and did not hold any weight as to what Russia would
actually do.

"Illarionov does not speak for the President or the Russian
Government," said Kokorin. "This is just the latest statement in a
long line of predictions by Illarionov which have failed to eventuate.
He opposed the Russian energy strategy which was then adopted in May
2003, and he poured cold water on the economic plan for GDP growth,
which was also later adopted."

"While Illarionov's opinion will sound like music to the ears of the
US administration, it's far too early to be reading the funeral notice
of the Kyoto Protocol," said Steven Guilbeault, Greenpeace
International Climate Campaigner.

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