Putin's machine

The crucial part of Putin’s machine and how British corporations keep Russian gas flowing into Europe

The Yakov Gakkel tanker sails between Siberia and Europe in winter and summer and contributes to the continent's never-ending gas supply. This is the story of how an insignificant company located in an office block on a quiet street in Glasgow became an accessory to Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine. It tells how Europe and Russia continue to have a hostile economic relationship while claiming to have severed ties. It tells the hard truth about why the cost-of-living problem ended.