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2004-10-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia Forced To Choose: Kyoto and WTO or Nothing

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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-17 8:03:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pussy.

Posted by .com 2004-10-17 2:12:09 AM|| 2004-10-17 2:12:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually not... at least for now. As I have posted a few days ago Russia will benefit from Kyoto, at least for the next years since they don't meet the quota of Kyoto yet (those were calculated on the higher Soviet level of 1992 or so). Russia will make heavy profits on selling quotas. Could be more than 20bn dollars.
If Russia reaches the quota limits in 5 years or later... we'll talk again.
First the billions... and WTO
Putin's no fool

Posted by True German Ally 2004-10-17 2:44:47 AM|| 2004-10-17 2:44:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 A bunch of countries that were all gung ho for Kyoto are not now. I wonder how this will work out. Some of the biggest pushers of Koyto can't meet it's caps and their people will not take the economic hit that is reqired to do so. Putin feels quite safe taking this position.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-17 3:01:39 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-17 3:01:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Putin's no fool"

TGA - You're right about the cash prospects, the motivations, hell - the whole thing, of course! Wonder how much of that will make it to Gov't coffers... Tsar Putty is not my kind of guy.

SPo'D - Yep, he can skin the fools while the skinnin's good. What's that song about a Fool and his Money? Lol!

Posted by .com 2004-10-17 3:15:33 AM|| 2004-10-17 3:15:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 IMO, Puti figured that signing Kyoto doesn't mean implementing it --- just like all the already signed.

Posted by Anonymous6092 2004-10-17 5:55:35 AM|| 2004-10-17 5:55:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kyoto isn't about Saving the Planet (tm)

It's the International Singles Bar Pickup Line Act:

Hi.
I'm with the government and our Kyoto plan is saving the planet for OUR children.
Wanna go make some?

Posted by badanov 2004-10-17 6:30:07 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org/title-boris.gif] 2004-10-17 6:30:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Y'know, the Kyoto Protocol really gets a bad rap around here. We should all step back for a moment and marvel at the brilliance of its pure malevolent fusion of junk science and Marxist economics. There's never been anything quite like it before and that's quite an achievement in this day and age.

Posted by AzCat 2004-10-17 7:53:51 AM|| 2004-10-17 7:53:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "There's never been anything quite like it before"

Well, if you promise there won't be anything like it after, I may take a peek at it.

Posted by Memesis 2004-10-17 8:08:50 AM|| 2004-10-17 8:08:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Lol! In the entertainment biz, they'd classify RB as a "tough house", heh.

Posted by .com 2004-10-17 8:25:12 AM|| 2004-10-17 8:25:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Grain of salt required as far as Russia is concerned. Just a bit of "sweet talkin" to get into the WTO.

Posted by tipper 2004-10-17 11:44:37 AM|| 2004-10-17 11:44:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Thank you Al Gore and John Kerry. You deserve Russian medals, but you won't get them because of your record on medals.

Posted by Pooty Poot 2004-10-17 11:52:07 AM|| 2004-10-17 11:52:07 AM|| Front Page Top

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