| October 2006 |
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A new expert review that envisions increased spending on the giant Sakhalin II project will be ready by December, a deputy Russian industry and energy minister said Friday. 
Russia does not intend to reduce its oil production following OPEC's decision to cut its quota to 1.2 million barrels per day, a Russian deputy industry and energy minister said Friday. 
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Friday it has launched a criminal case against government staff officials for disclosing secret state information to an oil company. 
Investigators know the motive for the murder of prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the first deputy prosecutor general said Friday. 
Astronomers at Russia's largest observatory said Friday an asteroid now orbiting the sun may strike the Earth in 2035, but that the odds of a catastrophic collision can be estimated only 22 years from now. 
The giant Sakhalin II oil and gas project on Russia's largest Far East island is becoming less effective for Russia, and raises doubt over product sharing agreements in the country, a member of parliament's upper house said Friday.



