Russian farming bank in sanctions row quietly funded oil deals

2 March 2023

Russian farming bank in sanctions row quietly funded oil deals

Documents reveal state agriculture lender’s key role in exporting Russian oil, contradicting Kremlin claims

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Zahawi played active role in offshore-linked lender

UK Conservative chairman did not disclose involvement with company led by Matt Hancock’s brother 

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‘They came at night’: Armed men at Disney forest project razed farmers’ homes 

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‘They came at night’: Armed men at Disney forest project razed farmers’ homes 

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UK minister’s tax claims under scrutiny for offshore loan  

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Total’s Congo offsetting project ‘snatched our land’

Farmers say oil giant’s tree-planting scheme has barred them from their fields and threatens livelihoods.

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Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades

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Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades

Billionaire’s companies helped Rosneft trade with sanction-hit Venezuela and have continued to handle Russian oil since the outbreak of war in Ukraine

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BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades

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BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades

Just across the water from the COP27 summit, a plant recently owned by BP is pumping contaminated water into the ocean—and has been doing so for decades

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The Man Behind the Curtain

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The Man Behind the Curtain

Rainer Sonntag rode a wave of violence to become one of Germany’s leading neo-Nazis. He was also a communist spy—and worked for Vladimir Putin

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