When Russian authorities target a company, there can be dire consequences... Last year, Royal Dutch Shell(RDSB) was strong-armed into ceding control over its Sakhalin oil field to Russian companies
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Blood in the Street, Danger in the Market
Rift Develops Among Investors in Russian Gas Venture
In 2006,Royal Dutch Shell was pressured into selling a controlling stake in its $20 billion Sakhalin-2 oil project to Gazprom at a below-market price after environmental regulators threatened it with billions of dollars in fines.