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Vinci – a cover for oligarchs and tax havens in Russia’s first road PPP

Study | 30 April, 2011 | Download PDF

An opaque web of offshore companies and oligarchs behind the controversial EUR 1.5 billion first section of the Moscow–St. Petersburg motorway public-private partnership provides new grounds for the Russian government to re-examine the controversial project, according to this new research by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest.


If fences make good neighbours, what about nuclear energy? How Ukraine’s nuclear future ties into Europe’s energy security strategy

Leaflet | 26 April, 2011 | Download PDF

In 2010 Ukraine joined the European Energy Community to integrate into the European electricity and gas markets. The Ukrainian government is looking to the EU and international financial institutions to sponsor a warily nuclear-intensive, export-oriented energy program.


Ignoring Chernobyl’s lessons – How EU ‘Energy Security’ expands nuclear energy in Ukraine

Study | 26 April, 2011 | Download PDF

As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl and against the backdrop of the threat from Fukushima’s nuclear facilities, our study reveals that the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are indirectly supporting lifetime extensions of old Ukrainian nuclear reactors as a means to secure ‘cheap’ Ukrainian electricity exports to the EU Member States.


Bankwatch Mail 47

Bankwatch Mail | 15 April, 2011 | Download PDF

Content (Click on titles to read articles online) Abuses continue in Moscow as development banks give up on Khimki road financing Local pressure in Lithuania keeps EU funds out of the waste incineration fire It’s the EU funds, stupid, and the green economic dividends they offer BTC under fire for violating human rights obligations and pipeline integrity issues


Vinci’s failure to respect Global Compact commitments on human rights and the environment in Khimki

Advocacy letter | 28 March, 2011 | Download PDF

The letter to representatives of the UN Global Compact gives details on the failure to respect commitments under the Global Compact initiative by the construction company Vinci in connection with the Moscow St. Petersburg motorway project (near Khimki).