John Kerry’s Russian counterpart has blood on his hands. Kerry, President Obama’s secretary of state and his chief negotiator for the Paris climate accord, now serves as President Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. His Russian counterpart is Ruslan Edelgeriyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change. Edelgeriyev has held his position since July of 2018. He has virtually no history with the climate change issue but does have a long and illustrious association with human rights violations.
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Russian Sukhoi Su-25 assault aircrafts release smoke in the colours of the Russian flag while flying over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow on May 7, 2021, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade.
