Anna Kashirova, in charge of the research group Russia and the Kyoto Protocol, said this to RIA Novosti. She is a participant in the conference Integration of Russian Business in the Global Economy: an Outlook for the Main Participants.
"I wouldn't directly link the dynamics of industrial growth to the fulfillment of requirements in the Kyoto Protocol," Kashirova said.
"Of course, at the first stage (after the ratification) the rate of growth will stand still, or even go down," she believes. "But we believe that, if some of the Russian terms are observed, the document can be ratified," Kashirova said.
In her opinion, Russia could have advanced this condition to participants in the protocol: they annually and securely buy out quotas for 100 to 130 million tons of carbon dioxide emission at a fixed rate of $40 per ton.
Presently, the quota tariff does not exceed $8 per ton, she said.
The additional agreement should take into consideration that Russia is a major oxygen donor for our planet, the expert noted.
"The sum received should be managed by the government and channeled into environmental protection, as well as the development and introduction of environmentally-safe industrial technologies," Anna Kashirova said.
"Then, in a long term, Russia may with confidence hope for a high rate of economic growth because new technologies will make it more competitive," Kashirova believes.
She hopes this will prompt Russia's integration in the world economy.