Solar Activity - the Russians have noticed this as well

From Watts Up With That:

The Sun Defines the Climate � an essay from Russia
Habibullo Abdussamatov, Dr. Sc. � Head of Space research laboratory of the Pulkovo Observatory, Head of the Russian/Ukrainian joint project Astrometria � has a few things to say about solar activity and climate.

Key Excerpts:

Observations of the Sun show that as for the increase in temperature, carbon dioxide is �not guilty� and as for what lies ahead in the upcoming decades, it is not catastrophic warming, but a global, and very prolonged, temperature drop.

[...] Over the past decade, global temperature on the Earth has not increased; global warming has ceased, and already there are signs of the future deep temperature drop.

[...] It follows that warming had a natural origin, the contribution of CO2 to it was insignificant, anthropogenic increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide does not serve as an explanation for it, and in the foreseeable future CO2 will not be able to cause catastrophic warming. The so-called greenhouse effect will not avert the onset of the next deep temperature drop, the 19th in the last 7500 years, which without fail follows after natural warming.

[...] We should fear a deep temperature drop � not catastrophic global warming. Humanity must survive the serious economic, social, demographic and political consequences of a global temperature drop, which will directly affect the national interests of almost all countries and more than 80% of the population of the Earth. A deep temperature drop is a considerably greater threat to humanity than warming. However, a reliable forecast of the time of the onset and of the depth of the global temperature drop will make it possible to adjust in advance the economic activity of humanity, to considerably weaken the crisis.

Full Study is here. (PDF patience, takes a bit to load)

The paper is 15 pages and well worth reading. I wonder if the Russians are buying into the whole Anthropogenic Global Warming hype as much as Europe and the USA?