19/12/06. Japan, Russia to speed up connections
Japan’s second largest telecommunication operator KDDI Corporation signed on Tuesday a contract worth $42.7 million with Russia’s Rostelecom to lay an underwater high-speed fiber optic line between the cities of Joetsu and Nakhodka in southern Primorye aiming to improve telecommunication services.
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19/10/06. Sakhalin-2 operator to expect sanctions
Russia may impose serious sanctions on Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project for environmental violations, the national Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev announced Monday.
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24/08/06. U.S. consul branch office to open in Sakhalin
U.S. Ambassador to Russia William Burns is expected to arrive in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Wednesday to open a U.S. Consulate agent office in the city which has been fueling with international business activities since the start of oil and gas projects in 1999 in Sakhalin.
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