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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies, Atika Rehman, Jess Staufenberg and Marcus Leroux

Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply

Stanlow refinery
Essar bought the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire in 2011. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Days after the first wave of Russian tanks surged over the border into Ukraine in March 2022, dockers at a port in northern England took a stand.

Appalled by Vladimir Putin’s brutality, workers at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire vowed never to unload any Russian oil destined for the nearby Stanlow refinery, a major hub for UK fuel supplies.

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