The article “Russia takes a skeptical approach to climate change thanks to Putin” talks about the reaction of Russia regarding a topic that has been debated a lot in the past few years: climate change. Due to its geographic location, which is close to the Artic, Russia is one of the countries that can get most affected by climate change and therefore the rise of sea level. Most people would think that because of this, people in Russia are really worried about it and are trying to figure out a way to fix this issue, right? But the answer is no.

Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is trying his best to avoid Russian citizens to obtain more knowledge regarding this issue. After a visit to the Arctic in 2010, Putin was able to see retreating ice caps all over the place, but he still believed that the reason for climate change is not human activities. Putin believes that climate change is occurring naturally and humans are not related to it. It is said that one of the reasons why he believes this is because Putin is just plain delusional. Another good reason is because money. With climate change and the rise of sea level occurring in the world, polar ice would melt. With that happening, new areas of oil exploration would be opened near Russia, and the country would end up getting benefited by that. People are claiming that Putin should stop thinking about money and start realizing that the world’s future is in risk.

Reference: http://grist.org/article/russia-takes-a-skeptical-approach-to-climate-change-thanks-to-putin/