Kremlin Aide Tells Companies to Prepare for Harsh EU Carbon Tax

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top adviser on climate change warned big businesses that they need tostart preparing for harsher carbon regulations from the European Union.An EU proposal to introduce border levies on products arriving from countries with looser environmentalrules could come into force within the next two years, Kremlin adviser Ruslan Edelgeriev said at a newsbriefing in Moscow. Those companies that don’t adapt would find it difficult to sell their products into thatmarket, he said.