17 February 2008
By Lawrie Holmes
The use of hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer’s money to support Shell’s oil and gas projects on the Russian Island of Sakhalin will be attacked at a hearing of the High Court on April 22.
The World Wildlife Fund and anti-corruption pressure group Corner House Research are leading the challenge.
They will contest the Government’s Export Credit Guarantee Department’s decision to underwrite $1 billion (£510 million) worth of contracts for the $22 billion Sakhalin 2 project in 2004, despite ministers insisting no decision had been made.