Russian energy giants tied to Ukrainian children deportation — report

EuroNews · Mar 25, 2026 · 559 words · By Sasha Vakulina

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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Multiple web search results, citing Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) reports, independently state that Gazprom and Rosneft played an important role in the indoctrination and facilitation of deported Ukrainian children. The evidence comes from multiple distinct web search snippets referencing the same study findings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PJSC Gazprom (Russian: ПАО «Газпром», IPA: [ɡɐsˈprom]) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The Gazprom name is a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazprom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PJSC Rosneft Oil Company (Russian: Роснефть, romanized: Rosneft', IPA: [ˌrosˈnʲeftʲ] stylized as ROSNEFT) is a Russian integrated energy company headquartered in Moscow. Rosneft specializes in the exp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosneft

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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“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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Multiple web search results, referencing the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), confirm that Gazprom and Rosneft helped facilitate and sponsor the transport and re-education of forcefully deported Ukrainian children.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 · Gazprom- and Rosneft-controlled subsidiaries and trade unions helped facilitate and sponsor the transport and re-education of Ukraine’s children through direct ownership of camps, provi…
https://files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/685979f1-6…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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 ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gazprom-and-rosneft-tie…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 3, 2026 · Yale report alleges Rosneft and Gazprom funded camps for deported Ukrainian children through their unions Rosneft denies involvement in the activities of its independent union U.S. lawma…
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/yale-report-links-russi…

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“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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Two separate web search results cite the Yale report detailing that Gazprom and Rosneft financed the transportation and 're-education' of a specific number of children (2,158) from occupied Ukrainian regions. While the exact date range (2022 to 2025) is specific, the core claim regarding the number, companies, and activity is corroborated by multiple web sources referencing the same study.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of Russia is a high-income, industrialized, mixed and market-oriented emerging economy. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by GDP …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republic of India and the Russian Federation established bilateral relations in 1991 and remain close allies. Previously, during the Cold War, Indian–Soviet relations were considered a "strong str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Russia_relations

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“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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Multiple web search results discuss the US easing or unwinding sanctions on Russia/Iran oil. Specifically, sources mention the US action regarding Russian oil and petroleum products to address energy supply issues, which aligns with the context provided in the claim, even if the specific 'Iran war' context is varied across sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gazprom Neft (Russian: Газпром Нефть; formerly Sibneft, Russian: Сибнефть) is the third largest oil producer in Russia and ranked third according to refining throughput. It is a subsidiary of Gazprom,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazprom_Neft

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“Researchers point out that this time-limited waiver includes crude and petroleum products of Gazprom and Rosneft.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the US issued a waiver for countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at sea, directly supporting the claim that the waiver includes these products.

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“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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Multiple web search results independently state that the report identifies at least six camps in Russia and occupied territories where Ukrainian children were taken, and that these included facilities owned by Gazprom- and Rosneft-controlled subsidiaries.

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web search NEUTRAL — 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.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/25/gazprom-and-rosneft-tied…

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web search NEUTRAL — It identifies six camps in Russia and Russian-occupied territories where children were taken, including facilities owned by Gazprom subsidiaries, and says the effort is part of a broader, systematic c…
https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-energy-giants-role-deportati…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian children were sent to at least six camps in Russia and occupied Crimea, including three camps owned by Gazprom subsidiaries, as of 2025.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-energy-giants-linked…

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“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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Multiple web search results, citing the Yale HRL report, corroborate that Gazprom and Rosneft facilitated and sponsored the transport and re-education of Ukrainian children through mechanisms including direct ownership of camps, provision of vouchers, and coordination of pro-Russia indoctrination.

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/25/gazprom-and-rosneft-tied…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gazprom- and Rosneft-controlled subsidiaries and trade unions facilitated and sponsored the transport and re-education of Ukraine’s children through direct ownership of camps, provision of camp vouche…
https://zmina.info/en/news-en/gazprom-rosneft-funded-deporta…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gazprom- and Rosneft-controlled subsidiaries and trade unions helped facilitate and sponsor the transport and re-education of Ukraine’s children through direct ownership of camps, provision of camp vo…
https://files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/685979f1-6…

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“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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Multiple web search results cite the Yale HRL team noting that Gazprom and Rosneft sponsored children from Russia since 2008, and subsequently included Ukrainian children from occupied territories since 2014.

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web search NEUTRAL — 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 ...
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/25/gazprom-and-rosneft-tied…

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web search NEUTRAL — At least 1,072 children from Russia-occupied Ukraine received vouchers from Gazprom subsidiaries and trade union organizations to attend pro-Russia camps in 2022 and 2023, Yale's report said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/yale-report-links-russi…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gazprom-rosneft-tied-dep…

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“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 was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or contradict the claim regarding whether some Ukrainian children were sent to Russian camps without parental consent.

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“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 was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or contradict the claim regarding the complex network of governmental and non-governmental entities involved in the systematic campaign.

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“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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