TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. are in talks to sell a combined 5 percent stake in the Royal Dutch Shell-led Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project to Russia’s state-run Gazprom , Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Shell-led project is due to begin shipping large volumes of natural gas to Japan in two years. But it faces uncertainty after Russia revoked environmental approvals on Monday in a move seen by many as the Kremlin’s latest effort to wrest more control over energy resources.
Russia’s ambassador to Japan, Alexander Lusyukov, told reporters on Wednesday that Sakhalin-2 might be able to operate sooner if a state-run company joined the project.
Mitsui, which has a 25 percent stake in project, may sell a 3 percent stake, the newspaper said. Mitsubishi, which owns 20 percent, may sell a 2 percent stake, the paper said.
Speculation has been high that the two trading firms would part with some of their holdings in the project, and analysts have said a share sale would be positive in that it would bolster political support for the project.
But they are worried that the two firms may be pressured to sell at a low price to Gazprom, which could hurt their stock prices.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
