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Quote from The Economist : ” The armed forces of Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden did manoeuvres together in the Barents Sea,”In fact it was civil security forces , with a component of armed forces , who attended the Barents Rescue 2009 drills .The drills were :-Extenguishing a fire on the Belomorenka buffer ship-Drills on a plane which crashed on a nuclaer facility-Giving rescue on a road accident in an arctic highway……………….REPSOL YPF wants to collaborate with GAZPROM in theYamal arctic , so GAZPROM goes in Repsol’s hunting territories in Latin America .Quite normal as an exchange of assets will be certainly part of the deal .BesT regardsDaniel BESSON