The boss of Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell is to fly to Moscow for talks with Russia’s energy minister over a $22bn (£11bn) oil and gas project.
Jeroen van der Veer is expected to meet Viktor Khristenko later this week to discuss the Sakhalin-2 project.
Shell is widely expected to cede control of the venture to Russia’s state-run energy firm Gazprom.
Shell has been under intense pressure from officials keen to regain control of Russian assets, analysts have said.
Japanese partners
Earlier this month Moscow suspended 12 vital water-use permits for Sakhalin-2, after previously revoking environmental approval for the project.
Shell recently restarted talks with Gazprom over a possible swap or sale of assets in the project, which is situated off Russia’s Pacific coast.
Shell currently holds a 55% stake in Sakhalin-2, with Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi sharing the rest.
Reports have suggested that both Japanese firms are seeking cash from Gazprom in exchange for a slice of their stakes in Sakhalin-2.
Mitsui said talks on the issue were progressing constructively.
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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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