Oleh Savytskyi

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Oleh Savytskyi is a world-class climate and energy policy expert. Oleh has ten years of experience in the field – from youth climate activism to consulting the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine to managing international advocacy campaigns at Razom We Stand. Oleh is a fellow of the Michael Succow Nature Conservation Fund and an alumnus of the Agora Energiewende EnerTracks training program for energy transition professionals.

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Katja Yafimava (center), Law Professor Kaj Hobér (right) at a seminar about Russia's energy policy and the prospects of Nord Stream 2 at Upsala University in Sweden. May 2019. Photo: ui.se

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Opinion

When Kremlin energy talking points come with an Oxford address

Russian energy disinformation does not always look like propaganda. Sometimes it presents itself in the form of expert analysis, a policy advisor, or technical commentary inside Europe's energy debate, and that is exactly what makes this new form of influence worth examining.

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Opinion

The lobbying to bring back Russian gas is back. Faster electrification is the answer

The Iran war is reviving Russia's revenues—and Europe's gas-back lobbying. Both should be refused.

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Opinion

Forget easing Russian sanctions. Europe should be boarding Russian tankers.

Wagner veterans ride Russia's oil tankers through NATO waters. The cargo could fill Europe's reserves. Nobody stops them.

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Opinion

Hungary will survive without Russian oil—but Orbán’s regime will not

The money trail from Moscow to MOL to Brussels explains why

Warming center in Kyiv, where residents can heat up, charge phones, and access basic assistance during prolonged power outages caused by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Photo: DSNS

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Opinion

The West condemned Russia’s attacks. Ukrainians are still freezing

Generators for Kyiv. A crackdown on Putin's tankers. The tools exist—the will doesn't.

UkRAINE zelenskyy energy corruption scandal

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Opinion

$100M stolen from Ukraine’s nuclear proves the choice: Soviet monopolies Moscow corrupts, or green systems it can’t

Four nuclear sites = four corruption choke points. 1,000 solar farms = impossible to capture

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Opinion

Canada’s pension cash is moving Putin’s $4 billion gas cargoes—end it now

Backed by Canadian pension money and Chinese firms, Arctic tankers carried billions of Putin’s gas across NATO waters last year.

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Opinion

The EU set out to choke Russia’s energy exports — and handed Putin a €30 billion loophole

Three years into EU gas bills feeding Russian war crimes, Brussels designed a ban to starve Putin's war chest - and gave its traders a legal way to fund Russian missiles for 1,000 more days.

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Opinion

The EU promised to cut Russian gas. Now it’s delaying until 2027

The Baltic States and Poland have already cut Russian gas completely. So why is Brussels planning to wait until 2027 for the rest of Europe?

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Opinion

Ukraine sanctions Novatek: Will the West finally follow?

Bloodstained LNG flows freely into European markets despite Ukraine's sanctions.

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Opinion

Novatek: Putin’s sanctions-proof gas weapon hiding in plain sight

While Europe banned Russian pipeline gas, an Arctic gas giant quietly doubled its EU market share.

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Analysis

Russia’s Arctic fossil fuel boom fuels Ukraine war and climate crisis

Moscow's reckless exploitation of Arctic reserves threatens global climate targets while bankrolling its invasion of Ukraine. Yet China's growing involvement complicates Western efforts to curtail Russia's destructive expansion in the region.

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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

Will Spain and France choose EU solidarity over Russian LNG profits?

As the EU prepares sanctions against Russian LNG, two of the bloc's largest importers remain worryingly silent on targeting the Kremlin's energy profits.

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Oleh Savytskyi

When Kremlin energy talking points come with an Oxford address

The lobbying to bring back Russian gas is back. Faster electrification is the answer

Forget easing Russian sanctions. Europe should be boarding Russian tankers.

Hungary will survive without Russian oil—but Orbán’s regime will not

The West condemned Russia’s attacks. Ukrainians are still freezing

$100M stolen from Ukraine’s nuclear proves the choice: Soviet monopolies Moscow corrupts, or green systems it can’t

Canada’s pension cash is moving Putin’s $4 billion gas cargoes—end it now

The EU set out to choke Russia’s energy exports — and handed Putin a €30 billion loophole

The EU promised to cut Russian gas. Now it’s delaying until 2027

Ukraine sanctions Novatek: Will the West finally follow?

Novatek: Putin’s sanctions-proof gas weapon hiding in plain sight

Russia’s Arctic fossil fuel boom fuels Ukraine war and climate crisis

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

Will Spain and France choose EU solidarity over Russian LNG profits?

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