Putin orders a huge Far Eastern oil and gas project be re-organised: Is Russia kicking the West out of key energy deals?

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The Kremlin has decided that ownership of the LNG operation should be changed to a new domestic entity.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to transfer the rights of the giant Sakhalin-2 oil and liquefied natural gas project to a new Russian company. The move comes in response to actions from “unfriendly states” and could force out foreign stakeholders, including British and Japanese investors.

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