Roman Abramovich Still Supplying Steel For The Manufacture Of Russian Tanks

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s companies continue to supply materials for the Russian military, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigation showed, Ukraine Daily reported.

Photo Insert: Abramovich’s steelmaker Evraz group may have supplied steel for the manufacture of main battle tanks and other fighting vehicles.

Abramovich’s steelmaker Evraz group may have supplied steel for the manufacture of main battle tanks and other fighting vehicles. Their contracts show they have supplied the National Guard as well as factories that churn out explosives.

Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Aug. 28 that six cargo ships have left the Black Sea port of Odesa. Around 30 ships have left the largest Ukrainian port in the Black Sea since Aug. 1 after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to allow grain exports to restart.

According to German newspaper Die Welt, preparations for a possible nationalization of the former German subsidiary of the Russian state-owned company Gazprom are ongoing.

Germany has allegedly set up a holding company behind closed doors in order to be able to carry out the nationalization in the short term, Die Welt reported.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has told the German newspaper Bild that Germany had to "put an end to the self-deception that we ever received cheap gas from Russia."

"Ukrainians paid for it thousands of times with their lives," she said. Baerbock also called gas pipelines "weapons in a hybrid war," accusing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin of stopping the gas flow and being responsible for Russia's war.

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