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Russia seeks leadership in energy efficiency

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Russia can become one of the leading countries within energy efficiency, the country’s Minister of Energy said in a G8 meeting this week in Rome.

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Minister Sergey Shmatko told journalists that Russia might be an interesting place for multilateral development of energy efficiency technology, especially in the current period of crisis Mr. Shmatko also said that energy efficiency should have a place in the all-European Energy Treaty, a recent proposal from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. -I am sure that we will talk about the unique cooperation within the field of energy efficiency, and first of all the implementation of energy efficiency programmes for Russian industry, Shmatko said. The G8 energy ministers in their meeting last Sunday signed an agreement of energy efficiency, RIA Novosti reports.