I recall Putin himself expressed that, at a big climate conference they hosted in Moscow in 2003.
But of course, there were also plenty of intelligent russian scientists who understand that melting permafrost, burning forests, flooded cities, and grey rain replacing white snow, is not such a great idea.
Perhaps Russia thinks climate change is in its best interest.
They can get to oil and precious metals under the permafrost easier, so yeah, it actually is if you’re a greedy sociopath.
I recall Putin himself expressed that, at a big climate conference they hosted in Moscow in 2003. But of course, there were also plenty of intelligent russian scientists who understand that melting permafrost, burning forests, flooded cities, and grey rain replacing white snow, is not such a great idea.