*[Enwl-eng] Update - companies profiting from Russian ‘blood oil’

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                        Ukrainians have asked the world to stop buying 
fossil fuels from Russia - and some fossil fuel companies were quick to make 
public statements pledging to stop trading in Russian fossil fuels. For 
example, early in March the CEO of French energy giant TotalEnergies, stated 
that his company wasn’t ‘taking any more oil from Russia since the beginning 
of the crisis’.

                        But our recent investigations show this simply was 
not the case.

                        Recently, we identified a tanker chartered by 
TotalEnergies transporting oil from the Russian port of Novorossiysk to 
Southampton in the UK, as reported by Sky News.


                        We also found that just two hours after Total’s CEO 
made that statement, two ships chartered by his company picked up Russian 
oil from ports in St Petersburg, and shipped over 1.4 million barrels to 
Rotterdam in the Netherlands, as Le Monde reported.

                        TotalEnergies has now finally pledged to phase out 
purchases of Russian oil and petroleum products by the end of the year.

                        But this comes after a month of atrocious war crimes 
against civilians in Ukraine, and huge public pressure.

                        Other companies have been eager to flaunt their 
‘anti-war’ credentials and say they have stopped doing business with the 
Russian fossil fuel industry.

                        But we calculated that big energy companies like BP, 
Shell and Exxon have paid an estimated $100 billion to Russia since the 2014 
Crimea invasion. Just one company, BP, paid a staggering $79 billion, by our 
calculations.

                        Read more on our investigation in CNN.

                        Support for the Ukrainian people and business 
dealings with the Russian fossil fuel industry are incompatible. We’re 
keeping up the pressure and making it clear to these companies – there is no 
longer anywhere for them to hide.

                        Stay tuned,
                        Louis Wilson
                        @LouisJWilsonUK

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