From Russia without love. A Blog too far ?
Posted by Lizabeth on Monday, 27 November 2006 21:49:17
IS THIS THE TRUTH?
If it is, we should know about it. If it is not, it should not have been printed. I hope this is not a 'Blog too far' but would like to know whether it is true.
(The Source of the article by Ostrovsky is in Russian and I cannot translate or reproduce it. It can be seen on page 80 of Force 10 Companion Guide at www.wind-farm.co.uk)
Monday, July 12, 2004. Page 5. Illarionov Attacks Britain, Vows to Bury Kyoto By Simon Ostrovsky
President Vladimir Putin's personal adviser on all things economic last week accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government of declaring "all-out and total war on Russia" and using "bribes, blackmail and murder threats" to force it to ratify the Kyoto Protoco
ln a six-hour diatribe, Andrei Illarionov accused visiting Blair adviser Sir David King, the British government's top scientist, of trying, through pressure from Blair's office and through Foreign Secretary Jack Straw personally, to hijack a two-day conference on the global environmental treaty at the Russian Academy of Sciences. "During the past year [the British] have used bribes, blackmail and murder threats to put pressure on Russia, which shows how desperate their case is," Illarionov said without elaborating. "This has not been in the realm of the press, but it had to come out after Sir David King's behaviour at the conference," he said. "King filibustered the conference for four hours in an effort to block opponents of the protocol from presenting their findings," Illarionov said
After signing a trade deal with the EU in May, Putin said Brussels had met Russia "halfway" on WTO, which "cannot but affect positively our position on the Kyoto Protocol." But he also stressed that Russia, "did not package the issues of WTO and the Kyoto Protocol. "This is war. But our cause is just and we will prevail."
Wednesday, September 29,2004 Illarionov Says Kyoto Will Be Ratified By Greg Walters Staff Writer Moscow Times Andrei Illarionov, the country's fiercest opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, said Tuesday that Russia will ratify the international treaty to limit greenhouse gases even though he believes the move will destroy its chances of doubling GDP by 2010.
Illarionov, President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser, said Russian officials do not believe in the treaty's scientific or economic merits but will ratify it anyway in a political gesture toward the European Union.
Sir David King, Russia, Kyoto Protocol