cc: "Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia" , "'john.houghton@jri.org.uk'" , "'chris.anastasi@british-energy.com'" , "'peter.cox@metoffice.com'" , "'N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk'" , "'john.ashton@co2.org'" , "'geoff.jenkins@metoffice.com'" , "'michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk'" , "Warrilow, David (GA)" , "'peter.stott@metoffice.com'" , "'irina.kuklina@britishcouncil.ru'" , King MPST , 'Nick Grout' , "Clarke Alison [FCO] - UK" date: Fri Jul 9 16:58:55 2004 from: Mike Hulme subject: Russian spin to: "Crabbe, Simon (GA)" , "'Hernandez Tino (Mr AF)'" , "Grout Nick (Mr ND)" , "Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation" Dear All, After the sinister farce of the last few days, the Russian's are now spinning the outcome (just as we thought) .......... at least we are not named as endorsing this position: "Thought you might like to see this: [1]http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1022133&PageNum=0. It is posted on the UNFCCC Intranet. Without any details on who these foreign experts really are, how they were invited, and how the Seminar was designed and conducted, it clearly seeks to serve as the Governments propaganda machinery - never mind the facts." Mike