Putin!

Yesterday, 19th Feb 2026, the Russia-Ukraine peace talks ended without breakthrough. Next week on the 24th it will be the 4th anniversary of the Russian invasion into Ukraine. To mark this anniversary I’m publishing a few articles. This one sets the historical background so far as my personal experience is of the ‘Putin effect’. My […]

Russia is exploiting loopholes to sell oil to the UK

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The UK imports a number of petroleum products refined from Russian crude, including jet fuel, gasoline and diesel. Sanctions prevent the direct export of Russian crude to Britain, but third party countries, like Turkey, China and India, can still import the oil to produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from Russia. The refining process changes […]