Exclusive--Russian agency threatens to take Shell to court (Sakhalin-2) - Reuters

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EXCLUSIVE-Russian agency threatens to take Shell to court
10 Nov 2006 14:45:05 GMT
Source: Reuters

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Russia may claims billions of dollars
in damages from Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> in an international
court or even scrap its Sakhalin-2 $22 billion production sharing
deal, a Russian official said on Friday.

Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of environmental agency RosPrirodNadzor,
said his agency had received a plan from Shell on how the company
planned to rectify ecological damages, but considered that it was
"not serious".

"We are talking to lawyers and determining our position to file
for damages according to international law. The place would be
Stockholm and it would be the law of New York," Mitvol told
Reuters.

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