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The Russian government declared Wednesday that it is "moving toward ratification" of the Kyoto treaty on global warming despite opposition by a top aide to President Vladimir Putin, offering environmentalists renewed hope of enacting the landmark pact.

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The White House denied trying to influence "in any way" other nations' decisions on whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
US opposition to the pact remains unchanged, but "each nation will reach their own conclusions independently," spokesman Scott McClellan said, after Russia said it would not ratify the accord in its current form.

The Age (AU)