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Legislative framework of Russian APG flaring

... years Russia remained incompliant with Montreal Protocol and even today it demands “specific preferential regime” with regards to ODS emissions such as APG. As we see, while being encouraged by various international institutions to reduce flaring, Russia still finds excuse not to respect the imposed regulations. Thus, APG statistics should be gathered by Federal Tax Service under the oversight of an independent international observer. It would be relevant to cooperate with foreign agencies such ...

07.06.2016

To flare or not to flare? Russian APG case.

... avoid international stigmatization regarding its not-so-well developed energy-efficient approach to resource management and production. In 2007, in his State of the Union address, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin recognized that 20bcm of annual flaring in Russia, which equals 30% of European annual gas consumption, must come to an end. Later on, Russian government announced its goal to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 25% from 1990’s levels by 2020 and Putin introduced Decree No.7 setting a 95% APG ...

07.06.2016

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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