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Russia makes progress, but obstacles to growth remain.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 18-OCT-04
Format: Online - approximately 524 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Russia makes progress, but obstacles to growth remain.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: GLOBAL ISSUES)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Patrice Hill, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Kyoto global warming treaty, with its limits on emissions and growth, has emerged as an obstacle to Russia's ambitions of doubling economic growth and becoming a world economic power.

Russia has been growing rapidly and has come a long way since the economic collapse of August 1998 - an event that shook world markets.

Encouraged by average annual growth of 7 percent that has nearly doubled Russia's economic output since...



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