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24 February 2024
‘Fool’s bargain’
The secret payments behind a deal that brought a country to its knees
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31 May 2023
‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests
Sierra Leone is on the climate change frontline. Its defences are on sale to the highest bidder
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28 April 2023
Eni chased ‘profits at any cost’ to fuel Pakistan energy crisis
Eni cited supply issues to divert gas shipments from Pakistan—and made half a billion dollars selling the fuel elsewhere, leaving the crisis-hit country burning coal instead
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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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27 November 2022
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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13 April 2022
Glencore and the Order of Friendship
The trading giant’s lucrative deals with allies of Vladimir Putin
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27 March 2022
Trafigura ships Russian oil at prewar levels as competitors scale back
Trafigura is continuing to ship Russian oil at prewar levels as its competitors scale back deliveries
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12 March 2022
Trading giants keep Russian oil flowing as majors feel the heat
Trafigura, Vitol and Glencore loading Black Sea cargoes as war intensifies
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4 March 2022
Dutch dockers prepare for legal battle over Russia oil
Dockworkers in the Netherlands are gearing up for a legal battle over plans to boycott Russian oil
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26 February 2022
BP under pressure over fuel for Russian military
BP may be profiting from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine through its stake in Rosneft, a major fuel supplier to Russia’s military
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25 February 2022
BP boss is trustee of group that orchestrated Putin PR stunts
The boss of BP sits alongside Vladimir Putin and eleven sanctioned oligarchs on the board of an influential society that safeguards Russian “national identity”
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