Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer (L) speaks with Russian Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev (R) as an interpreter listens during a meeting in Moscow December 21, 2006. Russia hopes to clear soon all ecological problems of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project via a dialogue between the resources ministry and the project's shareholders, Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev said on Thursday. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)