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Published online 30 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040927-15

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Russia backs Kyoto treaty

Participation would bring climate cuts into force.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced that he wants the country to sign up to the Kyoto agreement to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. If the Russian parliament approves the move, it will make the treaty legally binding.

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