Russian energy giants tied to Ukrainian children deportation — report
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- Summary
- A study by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab alleges Russian energy firms Gazprom and Rosneft facilitated the deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children. The report links these companies to camps in Russia-occupied territories and notes their subsidiaries remain unsanctioned despite US-EU sanctions on parent companies. Researchers claim the findings highlight a systemic campaign involving multiple entities.
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“According to a new study, Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft have played an important role in indoctrination of forcefully deported Ukrainian children.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict claims about Gazprom/Rosneft's role in indoctrination of deported Ukrainian children.
“Russia’s energy companies Gazprom and Rosneft helped facilitate and sponsor the transport and re-education of forcefully deported Ukrainian children, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) stated in its latest report.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict Yale HRL's alleged report on Gazprom/Rosneft's involvement in child transport/re-education.
“According to the study released on Wednesday, two Russian state-owned oil and gas companies, including their subsidiaries, 'underwrote and facilitated the transportation and/or re-education of approximately 2,158 children from Russia-occupied Ukraine between 2022 (and) 2025.'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict specific numbers (2,158 children) or time frame (2022-2025) for Gazprom/Rosneft's involvement.
“The Yale HRL team insists that their report's findings are even more important given the US administration’s decision on 12 March to ease some sanctions that prevent other countries from buying Russian oil and petroleum already loaded on vessels at sea, in an effort to ease the energy supply crunch sparked by the Iran war.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict claims about US sanctions waivers linking to Iran war and energy supply issues.
“Researchers point out that this time-limited waiver includes crude and petroleum products of Gazprom and Rosneft.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict details about US sanctions waivers including Gazprom/Rosneft products.
“The report identifies at least six camps in Russia and Russia-occupied territories where Ukrainian children were taken, including facilities owned by Gazprom- and Rosneft-controlled subsidiaries.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict claims about Gazprom/Rosneft subsidiaries owning six camps in occupied territories.
“They have reportedly helped facilitate and sponsor the transport and re-education of Ukraine’s children through direct ownership of camps, provision of camp vouchers, and coordination of pro-Russia indoctrination.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict specific methods (camp vouchers, indoctrination) attributed to Gazprom/Rosneft.
“Yale HRL team notes that Gazprom and Rosneft have sponsored children from Russia to attend camps since as early as 2008, and then included Ukrainian children from Russia-occupied territories since the first invasion of 2014.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict historical claims about Gazprom/Rosneft sponsoring Russian children in camps since 2008.
“HRL has established in previous reports that while many children were taken to camps in Russia and Russia-occupied Crimea with the consent of their parents, other children have been sent to camps without the consent.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict claims about forced deportation of Ukrainian children without parental consent.
“The researchers say Russia’s systematic campaign to deport, indoctrinate, and in some cases, foster or adopt children from Ukraine has long been shown by Yale HRL to integrally rely on a complex network of federal, regional and local governmental agencies working in concert with non-governmental groups to function.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict claims about complex networks involving Gazprom/Rosneft in child deportation campaigns.
“Ukraine has been able to verify Russia’s deportation of over 19,500 children since the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
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“The actual number is likely to be much higher. Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab placed the number of deported children closer to 35,000.”
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