Terry Macalister
Tuesday October 17, 2006
The Russian government tightened the pressure on Shell over the Sakhalin-2 gas project by warning that failure to sort out environmental problems would lead to “absolutely any sanctions”.
The tough stance from the resources minister, Yuri Trutnev, came even though Shell’s chief executive, Jeroen van der Veer, said his company had already sorted out the bulk of the problems.
The Sakhalin-2 scheme, the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas project, has been dogged by ecological difficulties and soaring financial costs.
Mr Trutnev said Shell had nothing to fear for the future of the £11bn scheme if it produced an “exhaustive” plan to deal with the damage inflicted on the local area. But he warned: “If such measures are not proposed then absolutely any sanctions are possible from our side.”
Industry experts have long questioned whether the Russian government is trying to force Shell off the Sakhalin scheme. The Kremlin is angry about the doubling of costs which will delay its tax revenues under the production-sharing agreement Shell tied up a decade ago.
Mr van der Veer told the foreign investment advisory council chaired by the prime minister, Mikhail Fradkov, that Shell had answered Russia’s environmental concerns.
“Although the project has faced significant environmental challenges, we firmly believe these have been fully and transparently addressed,” he said. “We are confident that all remaining issues can be resolved through our ongoing, constructive and fair dialogue with the Russian government.”
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1923931,00.html
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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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