Prague - Russian readers will soon have a chance to read a book called "Blue, not green planet" written by Czech President Václav Klaus in the Russian language.

The book, published in the Czech Repubic in 2007, was sponsored by Russian oil industry giant Lukoil, which is now negotiating about the Russian version of the book.

Czech online weekly Týden.cz informed about this.

"The book drew our attention because it is about energy industry, which is what we do," Marek Gluzman from Czech branch of Lukoil explained.

The majority share of the company is owned by Vahid Alakbarov and Leonid Fedunov. The latter is the owner of Spartak Moscow football club. 

"Now we are discussing with the Dokořán publisher about introducing the book in Russia. They want to have as many issues as possible.  But making money is not our primary concern," Gluzman told to Týden.cz.

Alakbarov's project

Klaus has avoided any comments on the issue. "I appreciate the big help of Lukoil and especially its president Vahid Alakbarov who is the project´s mastermind," Klaus once said.

This is not the first time when Václav Klaus´s views on global warming, infuriating environmental organizations around the globe, have been helped to reach out to the world by an organization linked to oil industry.

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The English edition of his book was published by a conservative think-tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, which was sponsored in past had by oil company Exxon Mobile.

Czech environmental movement Duha (Rainbow) criticized President Klaus for this.

"If the president wishes to be taken seriously in the global climate change debate, he should be careful about his connections," head of Duha Vojtěch Kotecký has said recently, adding that the president let his name be linked with obscure foreign organizations.

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