BackRevealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply

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Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply

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MPs call for investigation into Essar Energy, owner of Stanlow refinery, which shifted loans from ‘Putin’s piggy bank’ VTB to MauritiusDays after the first wave of Russian tanks surged over the border into Ukraine in March 2022, dockers at a port in northern England took a stand.Appalled by Vladimir Putin’s brutality, workers at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire vowed never to unload any Russian oil destined for the nearby Stanlow refinery, a major hub for UK fuel supplies. Continue reading...

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