Shell faces Russia legal pressure
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Russian prosecutors say Shell's Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project was illegally given environmental approval.
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Accounts held by Yukos have been seized and the company could be forced to halt production, the Russian oil giant warned today. A Moscow court granted a state prosecutor&#39;s request &quot;to seize
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Royal Dutch Shell  and its partners in the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project have accepted cash and a promise of future cooperation with Gazprom  in a deal to let the Russian firm into the venture, a source close to talks between the companies said on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW -- Russian regulators could cancel Total SA's license to extract oil in an Arctic region, a government ministry said Wednesday, a move that comes just days after a Shell project led by Shell had a key permit pulled.
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With a Putin aide now at its helm, Russia's state-run oil firm seems set to grab the falling giant's assets
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MOSCOW, Aug. 28 -- A Moscow court said Tuesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Mikhail Gutseriyev, owner of Russneft, a major Russian oil company. He appeared to have become the latest Russian tycoon to flee the country after running afoul of the authorities. Gutseriyev is believed to ...
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WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Encouraged by a Russian government decision last  week to enforce tougher environmental regulations for the  controversial Sakhalin II oil project, international  environmentalists say that the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development (EBRD) should change course and withhold funding  for the project or risk violating domestic Russian law.
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MOSCOW. Dec 11 (Interfax) - The Russian government's environmental watchdog has accused facilities belonging to Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) of serious violations of nature conservation law.
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A Russian court on Tuesday was to consider the beleaguered Yukos oil company&#39;s appeal to suspend government efforts to collect $3.4 billion in back taxes - a massive bill that has put Russia&#39;s largest oil producer on the verge of ruin.
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Shell made the offer after months of pressure by RussiaÂs environmental regulators, who threatened to freeze work on the project by revoking critical operating permits.
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Russian authorities pile the pressure on oil firm Yukos, arresting an official at its Moscow office and issuing an arrest warrant for the firm's leading lawyer.
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Russia suspends vital water use permits for Royal Dutch Shell's Sakhalin-2 offshore oil and gas venture.
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The Russian oil giant files for bankruptcy protection in the US to try to stop the sale of its main production arm.
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Russia is trouncing the West in the race to gain access to the enormous oil and gas reserves of its neighbors.
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The main shareholder in Yukos, the Russian oil company, on Sunday threatened to sue whoever buys its main subsidiary, which the government has forced it to sell by the end of this week.
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Russia stepped up the pressure on Royal  Dutch Shell and its Japanese partners on Tuesday over a $20  billion oil and gas development in the Far East, sparking  protests from Tokyo and Brussels.
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Russia's environmental regulator said Tuesday it had filed suit seeking to revoke approval for a $20 billion international oil project led by Royal Dutch Shell on the Pacific island of Sakhalin.