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Top Russian news and analysis online Medvedev said WWF-Russia pays special attention to the "promotion of ecological responsibility of business" and actively participates in discussions on the country's ecological laws. Putin focused in his telegram on the cooperation between ecologists and government bodies in large-scale projects such as the Winter Olympics due in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi in 2014. "Over 15 years of its work, the Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund has implemented more than 200 serious programs aimed at the preservation of the environment, the conservation of biodiversity and the reduction of negative human impact on flora and fauna," the prime minister said, adding "the importanc...