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The Russian president has not yet decided if Russia will fully sign up to the deal (Photo: NATO)

Kyoto accord is an 'international Auschwitz' says Putin aide

A top advisor to the Russian president has likened the constraints of an international climate accord to Auschwitz.

Andrei Illarionov, an economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin, has caused a furore by comparing the Kyoto Protocol on Climate change to the infamous Nazi concentration camp.

Voicing his opposition to Russia’s adoption of the accord, Mr Illarionov said that it would strangle the Russian econo...

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The Russian president has not yet decided if Russia will fully sign up to the deal (Photo: NATO)

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