ROYAL Dutch Shell’s key £11 billion Sakhalin project came under threat from the Russian environmental regulator yesterday, writes Andrew Johnson.
The watchdog, Rospirodnadzor, has filed a suit in a Moscow court calling for work to stop at the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas project, Sakhalin-2. Shell owns 55 per cent of the project and is looking to invest $20billion (£11 billion) in it.
The regulator wants work to stop because it says contractors are not complying with environmental rules.
Analysts say the action is politically motivated and a sign the Russian government wants a tighter grip on its strategically vital oil and gas assets at a time when prices are high.
The co-owners of Sakhalin-2 are two Japanese groups, but Shell is in talks to sell down its stake to Russian natural resources group Gazprom to give it a 25 per cent holding.
Analysts believe the government is trying to press Shell to speed up the talks.
It was also reported yesterday that Shell might buy out its two Japanese partners, Mitsui and Mitsubishi, if it sells to Gazprom. Shell shares rose 2p to 1896p.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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