MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
with good reason.Nord Stream has already passed all expert checks and has received almost all permits from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Germany involved in the project. The Finnish government approved the project in November 2009, and the West Finland Regional Environment Center is now expected to give the green light.
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is saying the decision will be made in the next few days, but that he is unable to predict what it will be. The Russian Prime Minister"s speech will probably facilitate a positive outcome.
Putin"s second motivation is that Russia is going to chair the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, also known as HELCOM or Helsinki Commission, until June 2010.
Since 1992, HELCOM, an international organization governing the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention), has been the main international watchdog responsible for protecting
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