The emissions target scheme announced by Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev recently aims at slashing emissions by 10%-15% from Russia’s emissions in 1990 when the country was a part of the Soviet Union. At that time, Russia’s greenhouse-gas emissions were far higher than they are at present.

Environmentalists, who are not happy Russia’s target for emissions reduction, argue that the target fell short of expectations from developing countries.

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