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The Guardian | Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply by Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux
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Essar Energy, the Indian‑owned parent of the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, shifted billions of pounds of Russian‑sourced loans from a Cyprus‑based entity to a subsidiary in the tax‑haven of Mauritius after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a move that allowed the loans from Kremlin‑controlled VTB to remain outside the reach of Western sanctions. Although Essar asserts that the transaction complied with UK, EU and other sanctions law on the advice of a leading law firm, sanctions experts and forensic accountants say the restructuring raises “red‑flag” concerns of possible sanctions circumvention, pointing to new rouble exposure and an apparent “enhancement” of the VTB debt. The transfer was approved by Cypriot authorities, but both Cyprus and Mauritius are now examining whether Essar violated EU sanctions regulations, and MPs—including the chair of the Business Select Committee—are urging UK officials to launch an investigation into the company’s continued financial ties with VTB, which they describe as “Putin’s piggy bank.”
#EssarEnergy #Stanlowrefinery #VTB #SourceMaterial #LiamByrne #Cyprus #Mauritius #EU #UK #banking #business #Europe #oil #russia #vladimirputin
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The Guardian | Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply by Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
Essar Energy, the Indian‑owned parent of the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, shifted billions of pounds of Russian‑sourced loans from a Cyprus‑based entity to a subsidiary in the tax‑haven of Mauritius after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a move that allowed the loans from Kremlin‑controlled VTB to remain outside the reach of Western sanctions. Although Essar asserts that the transaction complied with UK, EU and other sanctions law on the advice of a leading law firm, sanctions experts and forensic accountants say the restructuring raises “red‑flag” concerns of possible sanctions circumvention, pointing to new rouble exposure and an apparent “enhancement” of the VTB debt. The transfer was approved by Cypriot authorities, but both Cyprus and Mauritius are now examining whether Essar violated EU sanctions regulations, and MPs—including the chair of the Business Select Committee—are urging UK officials to launch an investigation into the company’s continued financial ties with VTB, which they describe as “Putin’s piggy bank.”
#EssarEnergy #Stanlowrefinery #VTB #SourceMaterial #LiamByrne #Cyprus #Mauritius #EU #UK #banking #business #Europe #oil #russia #vladimirputin
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The Guardian | Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply by Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
Essar Energy, the Indian‑owned parent of the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, shifted billions of pounds of Russian‑sourced loans from a Cyprus‑based entity to a subsidiary in the tax‑haven of Mauritius after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a move that allowed the loans from Kremlin‑controlled VTB to remain outside the reach of Western sanctions. Although Essar asserts that the transaction complied with UK, EU and other sanctions law on the advice of a leading law firm, sanctions experts and forensic accountants say the restructuring raises “red‑flag” concerns of possible sanctions circumvention, pointing to new rouble exposure and an apparent “enhancement” of the VTB debt. The transfer was approved by Cypriot authorities, but both Cyprus and Mauritius are now examining whether Essar violated EU sanctions regulations, and MPs—including the chair of the Business Select Committee—are urging UK officials to launch an investigation into the company’s continued financial ties with VTB, which they describe as “Putin’s piggy bank.”
#EssarEnergy #Stanlowrefinery #VTB #SourceMaterial #LiamByrne #Cyprus #Mauritius #EU #UK #banking #business #Europe #oil #russia #vladimirputin
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The Guardian | Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply by Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
Essar Energy, the Indian‑owned parent of the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, shifted billions of pounds of Russian‑sourced loans from a Cyprus‑based entity to a subsidiary in the tax‑haven of Mauritius after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a move that allowed the loans from Kremlin‑controlled VTB to remain outside the reach of Western sanctions. Although Essar asserts that the transaction complied with UK, EU and other sanctions law on the advice of a leading law firm, sanctions experts and forensic accountants say the restructuring raises “red‑flag” concerns of possible sanctions circumvention, pointing to new rouble exposure and an apparent “enhancement” of the VTB debt. The transfer was approved by Cypriot authorities, but both Cyprus and Mauritius are now examining whether Essar violated EU sanctions regulations, and MPs—including the chair of the Business Select Committee—are urging UK officials to launch an investigation into the company’s continued financial ties with VTB, which they describe as “Putin’s piggy bank.”
#EssarEnergy #Stanlowrefinery #VTB #SourceMaterial #LiamByrne #Cyprus #Mauritius #EU #UK #banking #business #Europe #oil #russia #vladimirputin
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The Guardian | Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply by Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
Essar Energy, the Indian‑owned parent of the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, shifted billions of pounds of Russian‑sourced loans from a Cyprus‑based entity to a subsidiary in the tax‑haven of Mauritius after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a move that allowed the loans from Kremlin‑controlled VTB to remain outside the reach of Western sanctions. Although Essar asserts that the transaction complied with UK, EU and other sanctions law on the advice of a leading law firm, sanctions experts and forensic accountants say the restructuring raises “red‑flag” concerns of possible sanctions circumvention, pointing to new rouble exposure and an apparent “enhancement” of the VTB debt. The transfer was approved by Cypriot authorities, but both Cyprus and Mauritius are now examining whether Essar violated EU sanctions regulations, and MPs—including the chair of the Business Select Committee—are urging UK officials to launch an investigation into the company’s continued financial ties with VTB, which they describe as “Putin’s piggy bank.”
#EssarEnergy #Stanlowrefinery #VTB #SourceMaterial #LiamByrne #Cyprus #Mauritius #EU #UK #banking #business #Europe #oil #russia #vladimirputin
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Ich finds krass wie Superreiche die Wissenschaft einschüchtern und untergraben.
Der Typ, #DeArmitt, der mir auf linked in auffiel hat ne steile Karriere und beschreibt sich als jemand, der seine Arbeit freiwillig und unbezahlt gemacht hätte.
„The former consultant who has worked for TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil believes it is environmentalists who are twisting the facts.“ schreiben #SourceMaterial über ihn.
https://www.source-material.org/plastics-science-merchants-doubt-oil-tobacco/ -
Ich finds krass wie Superreiche die Wissenschaft einschüchtern und untergraben.
Der Typ, #DeArmitt, der mir auf linked in auffiel hat ne steile Karriere und beschreibt sich als jemand, der seine Arbeit freiwillig und unbezahlt gemacht hätte.
„The former consultant who has worked for TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil believes it is environmentalists who are twisting the facts.“ schreiben #SourceMaterial über ihn.
https://www.source-material.org/plastics-science-merchants-doubt-oil-tobacco/ -
Revealed: Big tech’s new #datacentres will take #water from the world’s driest areas
#Amazon, #Microsoft and #Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by #SourceMaterial and #theguardian has found.
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A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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Eni SpA earned about $550 million by canceling and then reselling contracted liquefied natural gas promised to #Pakistan over the last two years, which exacerbated the Asian nation’s energy shortage, according to an analysis by two nonprofit groups (#Sourcematerial and #Recommon)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-28/eni-made-550-million-from-cancellation-of-pakistan-lng-contracts -
Eni SpA earned about $550 million by canceling and then reselling contracted liquefied natural gas promised to #Pakistan over the last two years, which exacerbated the Asian nation’s energy shortage, according to an analysis by two nonprofit groups (#Sourcematerial and #Recommon)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-28/eni-made-550-million-from-cancellation-of-pakistan-lng-contracts -
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Just found this analysis of a fraction of the stable diffusion source material. It's from last yyear but still an interesting read. #ai #stablediffusion #data #sourcematerial https://waxy.org/2022/08/exploring-12-million-of-the-images-used-to-train-stable-diffusions-image-generator/
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Just found this analysis of a fraction of the stable diffusion source material. It's from last yyear but still an interesting read. #ai #stablediffusion #data #sourcematerial https://waxy.org/2022/08/exploring-12-million-of-the-images-used-to-train-stable-diffusions-image-generator/
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@majorlinux It's now more closed #AI in the sense of its current training #content. Of course available for users, If not for free, then for a fee.
A more #OpenAI will most likely emerge too, in some rather imminent phase. 🤔
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@majorlinux It's now more closed #AI in the sense of its current training #content. Of course available for users, If not for free, then for a fee.
A more #OpenAI will most likely emerge too, in some rather imminent phase. 🤔
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All the handwringing over #AI is like early #Wikipedia.
In the late 90s, Wikipedia for information was considered completely #unreliable, #unorthodox, and #unacceptable.
Now I find things in Wikipedia that are far beyond anything ever in #EncyclopediaBritannica. The #dataquality and #utility are high. I read it as a starting point, and then I read #sourcematerial when I need more detail.
What AI doesn’t provide YET is #references to its content. AI simply needs a good #editor. -
All the handwringing over #AI is like early #Wikipedia.
In the late 90s, Wikipedia for information was considered completely #unreliable, #unorthodox, and #unacceptable.
Now I find things in Wikipedia that are far beyond anything ever in #EncyclopediaBritannica. The #dataquality and #utility are high. I read it as a starting point, and then I read #sourcematerial when I need more detail.
What AI doesn’t provide YET is #references to its content. AI simply needs a good #editor.
