Minister acts on Sakhalin licence

Foreign minister Ben Bot is to ask the Russian authorities to explain why they have withdrawn Shell’s licence to extract gas and oil from the Sakhalin fields. The decision ‘gave cause for concern’ and undermined trust in Russia, Bot said in the Financieele Dagblad.

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