Moscow — Russian presidential economic advisor Andrei Illarionov called the Kyoto Protocol an “undeclared war against Russia” at a July 8 Moscow press conference immediately following a two-day climate change and Kyoto seminar held in Moscow.
Illarionov has been a frequent critic of Kyoto, but his July 8 tirade, a lengthy excerpt of which was published in the July 13 National Post, was especially condemning of what he views as extremely dangerous agendas by those pushing the protocol on the world. He charged that “Europe has seen the effects of the national-socialist ideology and the Marxist ideology. The imperialist philosophy behind Kyoto is nothing short of these in its scale.”
Warnings by others of world de-population objectives of the protocol were apparently confirmed by Illarionov's report of a statement made by one of the representatives of the official British team of scientists and government officials at the Moscow seminar. Illarionov stated the representative said “quite blatantly Russia cannot expect an increase in population; on the contrary, the population will decrease. And as long as you reduce your population, you can meet the Kyoto Protocol requirements.”
The Russian president's economic advisor also blasted the repeated refusal of Kyoto advocates to take part in meaningful discussions on the Protocol's scientific justifications. He noted that nine months ago ten questions concerning the essence of the Kyoto Protocol and its underlying theory were submitted to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Nine months later there has still not been a reply, despite repeated requests.
Illarionov charged, as have many thousands of scientists, that the statistical data underpinning the Kyoto documents “and issued in millions of copies are often considerably distorted, if not falsified.”
Summarizing how the overall Kyoto process can be described, Illarionov stated: “When we see …[an]international adventure based on man-hating totalitarian ideology, which tries to defend itself using disinformation and falsified facts, it is hard to think of any other word but 'war' to describe this.” He also stated: “The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the Protocol's requirements.”
Financial Post editor Terence Corcoran told LifeSiteNews.com that although the language used by President Putin's economic advisor was rather dramatic, his criticisms of the major control aspects of Kyoto are valid. Corcoran said that Kyoto reminds him to the old Soviet five-year Gosplans except that Kyoto is intended to apply to the whole world and does not have any time limit to its enforcement.
Even if Kyoto is not implemented because of increasing realization that its goals are unattainable, Corcoran warns that climate change groups will not be deterred and will keep “re-jigging it and fixing it” [Kyoto] and keep the pressure on nations to conform.
Unfortunately, the National Post article is for some reason not on the paper's website.
See also:
Illarionov Intensifies Anti-Kyoto Campaign
Illarionov Attacks Britain, Vows to Bury Kyoto
Illarionov Likens Kyoto to Auschwitz
(This update courtesy of LifeSiteNews.com.)
