Even the Commies want to destroy the enviroment!

[Perndog]

The last I heard, Russia was in favor of maintaining high carbon emissions because warming due to the greenhouse effect would be beneficial to Russian farmers. With a slight change (a degree or two, which could happen in as little as twenty years) in global temperature, their growing season could increase by weeks, and the Russian economy would receive a boost.

And reducing emissions means reducing industry, something that would slow Russia's economic growth.

They're just being practical. They're looking out for themselves; if you want them to cater to the rest of the world's desires, the only way you're going to make them do it is by force.