Svitlana Romanko

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Dr. Svitlana Romanko is the Founder and Director of the “Razom We Stand” campaign. This campaign aims to ban all fossil fuels from Russia, end the war in Ukraine, and boost a revolutionary clean energy transition worldwide.

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Opinion

Britain must stop Glasgow firm’s Arctic ships from funding Putin’s war

The UK government banned Russian LNG imports but left a glaring loophole: Glasgow-based Seapeak Maritime's fleet of Arctic ships continues facilitating Putin's global gas trade worth billions.

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Opinion

Big Oil finances Putin’s war crimes and Trump’s political ambitions

Recent findings suggest that Big Oil has been channeling funds into Putin's regime and Trump's political coffers, supporting Russian aggression in Ukraine and efforts to secure favors for the fossil fuel industry.

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Opinion

Closing loopholes: the key to crippling Russia’s oil and gas profits

Tighter enforcement and expansion of sanctions on Russian fossil fuels could cause the Kremlin's profits to plummet up to 50% by 2030, according to the IEA.

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Opinion

Senator silenced: how France’s TotalEnergies is allergic to transparency on Russia

Fossil fuel giant hits French senator with lawsuit on eve of hearing into its alleged human rights abuses in Africa and secretive deals with Russia

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Opinion

A call from Kyiv to Davos: curb Russian oil and gas exports for peace in Ukraine and beyond

Loopholes in Russian energy sanctions have allowed vast profits to fuel aggression, seen in a 70% budget increase for Russia's military expansion.

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G20 host India & member states’ addiction to Russian oil prompt Ukraine snub

Desire for Russian oil trumps Ukraine’s fight for survival as G20 nations remain involved in new Russian gas projects.

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Russia circumvents oil sanctions, outsmarting the West

Despite an embargo, Russian oil exports are booming, funneling billions into Moscow's war machine while undermining efforts to hamper Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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Opinion

G7 still feeding Russia’s war machine with fossil fuel addiction

The geopolitical landscape is now more than ever under the control of natural gas. The G7 Hiroshima Summit,…

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Opinion

LNG frenzy boosts Russian gas in Europe, not energy security – opinion

Following the start of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the European gas industry announced that it plans to…

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Opinion

Windfall tax on oil and gas industry: a perfect way to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction

The five largest oil and gas companies made bank in 2022, thanks to Russia’s war on Ukraine and…

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Analysis

Why Russia is still making money on energy sales and how to change this

On December 5, the EU and G7 put into effect a price cap on oil exports from Russia,…

The ceremony of opening of Russia's Nord Stream 1 pipeline supplying gas to Germany on November 8, 2011, which was attended by Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Dmitry Medvedev, then the President of Russia, along with German and Russian energy industry heads. Source: kremlin.ru How reducing EU reliance on Russian gas would benefit Europe

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Opinion

Putin’s aggression is the last call to end global fossil fuel addiction – opinion

Let us compare Europe in 2022 and 2023. According to official data for 2021, Europe was 45% dependent…

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Financing Putin’s war: Russian coal and gas exports to EU grow despite sanctions

The largest importers of Russian fossil fuels in the past two months are: Germany (€ 9.1 billion), Italy…