org of Discovery Institute in Seattle, Russian President
Vladimir Putin will not complete his present term in office nor seek a third
term. Pro-Kremlin elites are ready to launch their
massive campaign well ahead of schedule.

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Putin on March
10. It consists of representatives from 21 of the States
which are Parties to the Convention elected for terms up to six years.

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A special mission of experts from UNESCO World Heritage Center and IUCN
in October 2005 confirmed the unacceptability of pipeline construction on the
lake shore. The Blog is managed by Yuri
Mamchur, a Senior Foreign Policy Fellow with the Discovery Institute, and
edited by Charles Ganske, a writer with Discovery's Technology and Democracy
Project.

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Mrs.
In a July 2005 session, held in Durban, South Africa, the World Heritage
Committee emphasized that if Russia will not keep its commitment in
accordance with the 1972 World Heritage Convention Lake Baikal could be
included on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
About Greenpeace Russia
Greenpeace Russia is a division of the International Non-Governmental
Non-Profit Organization "Stichting Greenpeace Council" and has worked on
environmental issues in Russia for over 15 years.

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In her letter she expresses "extreme concern" about the situation
surrounding the planned routing by Russia's state-owned Transneft pipeline
company of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline near Lake
Baikal, which was declared a World Heritage Site a decade ago. Greenpeace Russia
established its Baikal Campaign as a separate section in 1996.

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Kremlin elites believe that consolidating the national
vote into the first Sunday in December will save time and money. When
quoting or forwarding this story, please link to RussiaBlog.

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Release distributed by Russia Newswire (http://www.
"There has been a great deal of peculation concerning Putin's
post-Presidential career," said Mamchur.

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RussiaBlog.

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According to Mamchur's sources Putin's supporters in the Kremlin believe
that picking a successor and starting the next Presidential campaign early
will insure a smooth transition of power.

RussiaBlog.

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The World Heritage Committee is the intergovernmental body established by
the Convention concerning the Protection of the Cultural and Natural
Heritage of 1972.

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Marciulionyte urges President Putin to re-examine the proposed
routing of the pipeline taking into account the World Heritage status of Lake
Baikal and considering the commitment made by the Russian Federation for the
conservation of the lake for current and future generations.
Lake Baikal was inscribed on the List in 1996 taking into account all
four existing criteria of originality confirming its universal value for the
whole of mankind.
Russia traditionally has held parliamentary and presidential elections
several months apart.

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MOSCOW, Greenpeace Russia today welcomed the
intervention by the World Heritage Committee seeking explanations from
President Vladimir Putin for authorization of an oil pipeline route crossing
the World Heritage site at Lake Baikal.org is required.

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Greenpeace Welcomes World Heritage Committee Intervention With President Putin on Baikal

In welcoming this latest intervention by the WHC, Greenpeace said it had
information that a similar letter reflecting concern about Lake Baikal's
future is to be sent soon to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation,
Mikhail Fradkov, by the Director General of UNESCO.russianewswire.
"According to my sources, Putin will resign before December 2, 2007, when
his successor will stand in the next election," said Yuri Mamchur , managing
editor of Russia Blog, and a senior foreign policy fellow.

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org, a news and commentary outlet , is edited by Yuri Mamchur and
Charles Ganske.

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The
Russian Federation (the USSR at that time) signed and ratified the Convention
in 1998 and was a Committee member in 2001-2005.

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"Putin's term does
not expire until March 2008, but apparently the Kremlin does not want to wait
an additional three months.org presents up-to-date news, facts and commentary on the state
of events in Russia and the former Soviet Union.

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During that period some 23
properties of cultural and natural heritage were inscribed on the World
Heritage List.net) on behalf
of Greenpeace Russia.

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"As the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, I would like to
express my extreme concern at these developments, which constitute a
potential threat to the outstanding universal value of the property and which
may result in the Committee deciding to inscribe the property on the List of
World Heritage in Danger at its 30th session in Vilnius, Lithuania," the
letter states. "Most of it has focused on his
accepting an executive position with Gazprom, Russia's state owned natural gas
monopoly .

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org has been asked not to disclose the name of its source.
RussiaBlog.

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SEATTLE, According to a Kremlin source reported
today on RussiaBlog.

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The Greenpeace organization said a letter signed by Ina Marciulionyte,
Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, was sent to Mr.

Putin to Step Down No Third Term Say Russia Blog Editors

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Most Western media have predicted that Putin would seek a constitutional
change to allow a third term, and then would run again.

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