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Article

21 Jan 2005

Author:
Sonia Oxley, Reuters

Russian Islanders Protest Against Big Oil Firms

Indigenous people on a remote Russian island protested on Thursday against the international oil companies they say are endangering their lives...The locals say firms such as Anglo-Dutch company Royal Dutch/Shell, ExxonMobil and BP are jeopardising their traditional self-sufficient way of life ...Shell-led Sakhalin Energy...[says on its website] "We are sensitive to the need to minimise negative environmental and social impacts from the project, particularly any impact on vulnerable communities..."