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Millions for War: The company in Scotland serves Russia's shadow fleet despite sanctions - the media

To spread: Scottish company Seapeak Maritime Ltd with the headquarters in Glasgow was in the center of scandal: activists and media found that this company owned seven tankers carrying Russian liquefied natural gas (PPG) to other countries. Thanks to Laziv, the company has paid almost 127 million pounds in favor of the Russian Federation.

The company itself belongs to the American billionaire Michael Dorrell, who in 2023 took this Scottish firm under control after the acquisition of an investment giant Stonepeak - a company with infrastructure assets worth £ 100 billion, Daily Record reports. Journalists point out that Stonepeak conglomerate tankers are part of the Russian "shadow fleet".

In addition, the activities of Scottish Seapeak are technically legal, but many critics and public activists demand from the UK government to "close this loophole in sanctions". According to the Executive Director of the Pro -Ukrainian Ecological Group Razom We Stand Svetlana Romanko, the Russian Federation could receive £ 127 million (UAH 7. 14 billion) corporate taxes to the federal and regional budgets of Russia last year for its loads of LNG.

"It is outrageous that the British company, such as Seapeak, plays a central role in financing Putin's military machine, helping to generate more than £ 127 million taxes for the Russian state only last year. This money is enough to pay for several thousand drones or dozens of rockets of Iskander - a weapon. According to Ms. Romanko, while Ukrainian families are raking the wreckage after the next missile strikes, the British company "quietly receives profits from Russian fossil fuel".

It calls on the British government "not to allow to make money on" gashed "gas" and conduct an investigation into "deep involvement of Seapeak in Russia's military economy. " A deputy of the House of Commons from the Scottish Party of Green Ross Grair shared his reaction to this information to this information to this information.

According to the parliamentarian, the unwillingness of the government to stop the activity of this company "causes indignation" "Glasgow people are terrified when they find out that the company based here plays such a key role in supporting the Russian military economy," - frankly the politician says. Currently, as journalists point out, pro -Ukrainian activists are planning to hold a peaceful protest at the Seapeak office this week.

They will be joined by campaign participants in London and Vancouver, Canada, where the company's global headquarters are located. The media has turned to Seapeak Maritime with a comment on the accusations of activists. At the time of the material, the company's representatives did not respond to the request. Earlier it became known that in the Black Sea detained the ship "shadow fleet" of the Russian Federation.