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Vinci concession exposed as cover for oligarchs and tax havens in Russia’s first road PPP

30 April, 2011

An opaque web of offshore companies and oligarchs behind the controversial Moscow–St. Petersburg motorway public-private partnership provides new grounds for the Russian government to re-examine the project, according to new research by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest, published today.

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20,000 backing Khimki activists calling on Vinci to end involvement in Moscow – St. Petersburg motorway

28 April, 2011

More than 20,000 people have signed a petition to demand Vinci’s withdrawal from the construction of a highway section through the Khimki Forest in Russia.

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Ignoring Chernobyl lessons: How EU ‘energy security’ expands nuclear industry in Ukraine

26 April, 2011

Kiev — On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, while the world still struggles with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, CEE Bankwatch Network issues a startling report showing how plans of the Ukrainian government to build 22 new nuclear reactors and extend the lifetime of old Soviet reactors are indirectly supported with European public money as part of the long-term EU energy security strategy.

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Time is running out for EU decisive action on resource efficiency, warns Bankwatch

22 April, 2011

As the European Commission prepares to launch the Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network warns that EU climate targets cannot be achieved in the absence of binding energy efficiency and sectoral resource efficiency targets, backed up by appropriate financial support.

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Russian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize

12 April, 2011

Russian environmentalist Dmitry Lisitsyn is one of the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for environmentalism.

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