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Wrap: Russian authorities relax pressure on Shell over Sakhalin II

22:33 17/10/2006

Pressure on oil major Royal Dutch Shell over a vast oil and gas project in Russia's Far East, which has come under attack over environmental destruction allegations, seemed to lift Tuesday.

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