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Article: Periscope.(Russian oil companies)(investigation in Hewlett Packard)(United States. Central Intelligence Agency officials and contractors could face legal charges in Germany)
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- Newsweek International
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- October 2, 2006
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Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova (- Nisid Hajari, Managing Editor Brad Stone Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Michael Hastings Tony Dokoupil Niki Gostin Niki Gostin)
Russia: Grasping Hands
Could Russia, for years perceived as a safe haven in the turbulent world of oil, become a new source of political risk? Last week the Kremlin challenged Royal Dutch Shell, the biggest foreign investor in Russia's oil sector, sparking fears that a wider squeeze on foreign oil majors is imminent. Russia's environmental agency overturned an earlier ruling and brought Shell's $20 billion oil exploration project on the Pacific island of Sakhalin to an abrupt ...