The British companies keeping Russian gas flowing into Europe
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
But from 2022, European nations have spent €10bn on Russian Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), and British companies are facilitating the trade.
Our economics and data editor Ed Conway sits down with host Niall Paterson to tell the story of how an obscure company based in an office block on a quiet street in Glasgow became an accessory in Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine.
Producer: Rosie Gillott
Editor: Paul Stanworth
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
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| 0:00.0 | This Easter at M&S, you'll find a selection of the yummias chocolate animals. |
| 0:04.5 | There's Hick up the hippo with his darling chubby little legs. |
| 0:08.0 | And Sunny the Sloth, beaming with his milk and white chocolate features. |
| 0:12.5 | Toby the T-Rex, who's a bit green, bit scary, but charming at the same time. |
| 0:17.4 | And Ralph the Cavapoo. |
| 0:19.2 | I almost don't want to bite his scrumptious little nose right off. |
| 0:22.9 | But I will. All of these cuties for just seven pounds each. This is not just food. This is M&S food. |
| 0:29.2 | Selected stores. |
| 0:30.2 | You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you? Fine, she'd say. She clearly wasn't. |
| 0:42.3 | After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot. Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college, same skills but with new people, new challenges. |
| 0:49.8 | Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief. Can't get a word in. |
| 0:55.0 | Give your skills new life. |
| 0:56.6 | Train others. |
| 0:57.7 | Search jobs in further education. |
| 1:01.5 | See, we're getting closer now. |
| 1:03.2 | That's the Vladimir Rusinov. |
| 1:05.5 | That ship was in Siberia seven days ago. |
| 1:09.9 | And it's heading to Zibruga with its shipment of liquefied natural gas |
| 1:15.6 | for the European market. |
| 1:18.6 | This is a detective story, one involving two massive ships, a nondescript office in Glasgow, |
| 1:26.6 | and 10 billion euros going from Europe straight to Putin's |
| 1:31.3 | front line with Ukraine. Our leader's promised action. We are determined to stand up against Russia's |
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