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RBC, 01.11.2008, Moscow 13:39:51 - A positive expert review from the state environmental commission on the Russian offshore section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline has been approved, Russia's Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev was told by his deputy Semyon Levi, as reported by the ministry's press office. The expert commission, created by the environmental watchdog Rostekhnadzor in September 2008, approved the report at a meeting earlier this week. The Russian offshore section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be built in the country's inland sea waters, territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. The expert commission recognized the project's design specifications as meeting the ecological standards set out in Russian laws on the protection of the environment.