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06.11.2008 Vladimir Putin: Russia for greater energy cooperation with India
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today said the country favoured greater energy cooperation with India and assured the visiting Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora that Russia would discuss India's proposal to participate in Sakhalin-3 project.

07.08.2008 Sakhalin Projects to Undergo Checks
ExxonMobil's Sakhalin-1 project will be inspected for adherence to operational and environmental regulations, the country's industrial safety watchdog said Wednesday.

30.06.2008 Gazprom announces Sakhalin-3 forecast
Gazprom believes that it will start production at the Kirinsky block in 2014, and that the Sakhalin-3 project will be yielding 28.4bn cubic meters of gas by 2020, said Vasily Podyuk today, a member of the gas giant's Management Committee.

23.04.2008 Japan, Russia to begin using fiber-optic link
NTT Communicationsand TransTeleCom of Russia said they will start using a 570-kilometer optical fiber cable connecting Hokkaido and Sakhalin in June to respond to rising demand for fast data transmissions between Japan and Europe as well as Japan and Russia, a Kyodo News report said.

24.03.2008 Rosneft ready to drill Sakhalin-3 exploration wells
Rosneft has completed preparations for drilling at the Veninsky block in the Sakhalin-3 contract territory, Rosneft President Sergei Bogdanchikov said at a press conference in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Friday.

21.03.2008 Sakhalin, S. Korea unveil joint venture
A joint Russian-South Korean venture was presented in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Friday by Russia’s Teplomontazhservis and Korean Gas Technology Corporation KOGAS-Tech to provide safe operation of facilities within Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 oil and gas projects, a press statement from the region’s administration said.

11.03.2008 Over 700 Russian fishermen rescued
Helicopters and rescue boats yesterday have rescued 755 fishermen who were trapped on an ice floe that had broken away from the coast of Sakhalin Island in Russia's far east.

20.12.2007 Regulator fines Sakhalin II operator $15.8 mln for deforestation
Russia's environmental regulator said on Wednesday it is fining the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in the Far East more than 390 million rubles ($15.8 million) for deforestation.

22.11.2007 Sakhalin-1 gas field designed primarily for Russia's domestic needs -Medvedev
Russia will be able to export gas from the Sakhalin-1 gas field only after it provides gas supply infrastructure in all of its regions, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.

21.11.2007 Two Taiwan vessels detained near Kuriles for poaching
Two Taiwan schooners have been detained for poaching near the Kurile Islands, the Federal Security Service’s Sakhalin border guard department said on Wednesday.

18.10.2007 Russia's Gazprom Neft launches bunker fuel branch
Gazprom Neft , the oil arm of Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom , has set up a bunker fuel division to service ships in major Russian ports, the company said on Wednesday.

18.10.2007  India eyes Sakhalin-III role
India plans to pitch for projects in the Russian Far East during a visit by Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora, news reports said.

11.10.2007 Exhibitions, theater plays to promote Putin’s popularity
An exhibition ‘Putin - A Portrait of President’ opened Wednesday on Sakhalin to mark the 55th birthday anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile Vladivostok gets ready to release a play called Putin’s Holiday devoted to serve the same goal.

04.10.2007 No exports of gas to China from Sakhalin-1 offshore fields
Natural gas produced at offshore fields under the Sakhalin-1 project will not be sold to China, Stanislav Tsygankov, a deputy chief of external relations department at the Russian gas corporation Gazprom said Thursday.

03.10.2007 Natural resources minister plans inspection visit to Sakhalin in November
Russian Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev plans to visit Sakhalin in November to see how the violations uncovered at the Sakhalin 2 project are being dealt with. He announced the plans at a Monday news conference in Moscow.

02.10.2007 After 60 Years, Korean WWII Victims Coming Home
South Korea is planning a homecoming over the next two months for hundreds of Koreans forcibly relocated by the Japanese to work on a remote Russian island in the Far East during World War II.

07.09.2007 Gazprom Objects to Export Plans for China
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is urging the operators of the Sakhalin group to cancel plans to export natural gas from the project to China, claiming Russia needs the natural gas for its domestic needs.

05.09.2007 Fishing schooner runs aground on Sakhalin
A fishing schooner has run aground at the Cape of Krilion on the Sakhalin Island.
According to the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk maritime rescue centre, this happened at 02:10 local time on Tuesday.

24.08.2007 Archeologists have discovered artifacts of 2000-year antiquity in Sakhalin
An archeological finds of Hermitage-class were discovered on the Kurils on the latest complex scientific expedition.

24.08.2007 Russia-U.S. economic forum to convene in Far East Aug. 28-30
The 12th meeting of a Russia-U.S. regional economic forum involving 11 regions in Russia's Far East and eight U.S. states will be held August 28-30, the Sakhalin Region's administration said Thursday.

24.08.2007 Su-24 strike aircraft crashes in Russia's Far East
An Su-24 Fencer strike aircraft crashed Thursday in the Khabarovsk Territory in Russia's Far East, but both pilots successfully ejected from the plane, an Air Force spokesman said.

14.08.2007 Telephone communications restored in quake-hit Nevelsk
The telephone communications was restored in the Sakhalin city of Nevelsk, which was hit by a devastating earthquake. Chief of the Nevelsk district emergencies department Georgy Glukhov told Itar-Tass by phone that ten buildings, which could not be repaired, have been pulled down in the city so far.

14.08.2007 Khoroshavin sworn in as new gov of Sakhalin region
Alexander Khoroshavin has been sworn in as new Governor of Sakhalin Region at a ceremony that took pace in the regional administration's conference hall on Saturday.

07.08.2007 Russian quake leaves 2000 homeless in far east
More than 2000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, the local governor told Russian media.

03.08.2007 Sakhalin would aid Asia-Pacific
Russia says the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects and the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean export pipeline will add to energy security in the Asia-Pacific region.