Neil Hall / Reuters: 6 Oct 2015
Royal Dutch Shell’s business ties remain strong in Russia and there’s no lack of investment opportunities in the country despite sanctions, said Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden.
“Our interests in Russia stay significant… Sanctions do not mean absence of investment opportunities. We have a very effective and strategic cooperation with Gazprom in different areas… This is still in power. I want to stress that sanctions don’t mean lack of investment opportunities,” he told the Oil & Money conference on Tuesday.
Van Beurden added that Russia is an extremely important country in terms of energy.
“Surely, there are areas which are under sanctions, and we obey them. But that does not mean lack of opportunities,” the head of Shell said, adding that his company has a long-term strategy towards Russia.
Shell’s joint project with Gazprom in Russia’s Far East was cancelled in August, after the US government included it on its sanctions list. The two energy majors signed agreements to develop a strategic alliance in the gas sector. However, new gas exploration activities on Sakhalin Island have been restricted under pressure from Washington.
In the oil sector, EU and US sanctions limited exploration by Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, Surgutneftegaz, and Rosneft. The EU has also halted exports of services Russia needs to extract oil and gas in Arctic, deep sea, and shale projects.
But the heads of Shell and Total said their companies would continue working in Russia despite sanctions.
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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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