oil, and is estimated their capacity has increased by 70% since last

year. This is despite a recent crackdown on insurers and shipping

companies that are apparently enabling Moscow to circumvent Western

sanctions.

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER -

A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of

Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to

Ukraine's frontline towns.

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Shares in shipbroker Braemar fell after the Financial Times of London

release a report on the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, and how it’s using

ancient vessels to move oil beyond the reach of western sanctions. The

‘shadow fleet’ is estimated to consist of more than 400 vessels that are

moving about 4 million barrels of oil per day.

The Financial Times alleged involvement of Braemar, causing its stock to

fall 11% in two days. London has long been a global centre of the

maritime industry and Braemar, founded in 1982, is one of the industry’s

leading brokers. Their business model is to match buyers and sellers of

vessels in return for a percentage of the purchase price. It would be

scandalous indeed, if they were involved in brokering to build up

Russia’s shadow fleet that it props up its war economy and the war

machine that is focused on the annihilation of Ukraine. Oil that Russia

transports using this fleet generates billions of dollars a year in

additional revenue.

The FT reported that at least 25 of shadow fleet vessels had been

purchased by a British accountant on behalf of Eiger Shipping DMCC, the

Dubai-based shipping arm of Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil

producer. Eiger, it is alleged, financed the acquisitions by paying in

advance to charter the vessels. The accountant’s lawyers, and another

person, told the FT Braemar was fully aware the vessels were being

acquired for, and financed by, Eiger.

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Sources and recommended reading:

https://www.ft.com/content/57b85fab-fa44-4881-b7ed-543116920fa7

https://www.ft.com/content/b9dee3f3-c2f8-4aa1-b0d9-d207f815b6e5

https://www.politico.eu/article/revealed-putins-sanctions-busting-shadow-fleet-is-spilling-oil-all-over-the-world/

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/10/15/ukraines-foreign-minister-calls-on-europe-to-fight-russias-shadow-fleet-of-tankers/

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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:

Save Ukraine

https://www.saveukraineua.org/

Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas

https://superhumans.com/en/

UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in

Ukraine

https://unbroken.org.ua/

Come Back Alive

https://savelife.in.ua/en/

Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen

https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine

UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy

https://u24.gov.ua/

Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation

https://prytulafoundation.org

NGO “Herojam Slava”

https://heroiamslava.org/

kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and

Przemysl

https://kharpp.com/

NOR DOG Animal Rescue

https://www.nor-dog.org/home/

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