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sabato 29 dicembre 2007

Oil production in Sakhalin reached 14 million tonnes in 2007

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 29 (Itar-Tass) - Oil production in Sakhalin reached 14 million tonnes in 2007. It is a record-high result over the entire history of exploitation of oil fields on the island and on its shelf, governor of the Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin said on Saturday summarising the results of the year. In 2006, the oil production on the island reached some six million tonnes.

Oil Production on Sakhalin: How Long Before We See Another Valdez?

Compiled by Nikolai Maleshin with information provided by Elena Surovikina and Gary Cook.

This past June foreign oil companies forming the joint consortium, Sakhalin Energy Ltd., celebrated the official commencement of oil drilling on the shelf off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Their festivities, however, were somewhat dampened by a protest organized by Greenpeace Russia and Sakhalin Environmental Watch. The groups' opposition is summarized by their slogan, "the first oil means the last fish."

The Sea of Okhotsk is one of Russia's most biologically diverse and productive marine ecoregions. Economically, the Sea of Okhotsk is a critical resource for Russia, supporting approximately 70 percent of the nation's marine products, including a high percentage those intended for export such as crab and echinoderms. From January to May 1999, the export of these species generated $80 million for Russia. (The estimated worth of illegally exported marine products is an astounding $300 million). In comparison, Sakhalin's oil export revenues during this same period reached a modest $50 million. While the price of oil is continuing to drop, the price for marine products rose 29.4 percent during the first half of 1999.

Oil development now poses a grave threats to the marine region and all of its valuable living resources. Alarming signs of things to come were seen this past spring when mass numbers of Pacific herring (Culpea pallasi) washed ashore in the Piltunsky Gulf , just 16 km inshore from the Molikpak oil drilling platform. The official explanation of the massive fish death was DDT poisoning. However, analyses conducted by two independent laboratories in different countries revealed no traces of DDT in the fish. The tests did identify the presence of oil in the fish, pointing to oil extraction ativities as a culprit in the fish mortality.

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Russian embassy in Pakistan works in usual regime

ITAR-TASS

ISLAMABAD, December 29 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian embassy in Islamabad has been working in a usual mode, but it has tightened security following the recent dramatic developments in Pakistan and death of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto who fell victim to a terrorist attack.

None of the workers of the Russian embassy or their families has been hurt during local protest acts staged in Islamabad in recent days.

On Saturday, the situation in Islamabad was reported calm. After nationwide mourning for Benazir Bhutto was declared all state organizations, shops, banks, markets and fuelling stations remain closed. Heavy police forces have been guarding the area of the presidential palace, governmental organizations and the diplomatic enclave.

mercoledì 12 dicembre 2007

Luttazzi su Berlusconi, La 7 censura...

sabato 29 settembre 2007

Over 50,000 Chinese cars to be sold in Russia by end of this year

28.09.2007, 13.28

ITAR - TASS

MOSCOW, September 28 (Itar-Tass) -- More than 50,000 cars made in China will be sold in Russia by the end of 2007, Vice President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce Sergei Katyrin said on Friday, when opening the international conference on "Automobile Business in Russia and China: Development Trend and Cooperation Prospects".

Russia's import of Chinese cars grows rapidly. Only 260 were sold in 2004 and more than 50,000 will be sold by the end of 2007.

venerdì 28 settembre 2007

L'inforrmazione da Mosca

Mentre tutte le prime pagine dei giornali di tutto il mondo stanno coprendo l'insurrezione Birmana, per il sito ITAR- TASS non sta succedendo nulla nel paese del Pavone.

"We believe that the events in Myanmar are the country’s internal matter" [1]

Sempre nello stesso articolo, che è l'unico sulla Birmania:

"Peaceful protests by monks began on Aug. 30 in Sittwe. A second one on Sep. 5 in the northern town of Pakokku was cut short when troops fired warning shots. Junta supporters also manhandled some marchers.

In response, young monks angry at their mistreatment briefly took officials hostage, torched their vehicles and later smashed a shop and a house belonging to junta supporters."

Ma pensa te... giovani monaci violenti. Mi ricorda qualcosa...

PM optimistic about Russia prospects on atomic market