Chris Pollard

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The West is helping fund Russia’s war in Ukraine by spending billions more on importing oil and gas than Kyiv has received in military aid, analysis suggests. Vladimir Putin’s regime is still raking in huge profits from its hydrocarbon exports to the EU – even as its brutal assault on Ukraine enters a fourth year. Despite sweeping sanctions, data shows European countries have handed Moscow three times as much cash for fossil fuels than they have given Kyiv in aid since 2022.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard

Russian captain of container ship in devastating fatal crash into oil tanker in North Sea denies manslaughter by gross negligenceBy CHRIS POLLARD Published: 06:37 EDT, 30 May 2025 | Updated: 06:37 EDT, 30 May 2025 The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a crewman. Vladimir Motin, 59, appeared at the Old Bailey in London via video link from HMP Hull.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Chris Pollard

The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a crewman. Vladimir Motin, 59, appeared at the Old Bailey in London via video link from HMP Hull. Assisted by a Russian interpreter, he spoke only to confirm his name and plea. Mr Motin, from Primorsky, St Petersburg, was captain of the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong when it collided with the US tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on March 10.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard

QI host Sandi Toksvig and anti-Brexit firebrand Gina Miller make Cambridge University Chancellor shortlistBy CHRIS POLLARD Published: 11:36 EDT, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 11:36 EDT, 29 May 2025 Bake Off and QI star Sandi Toksvig and anti-Brexit firebrand Gina Miller are on the shortlist to be the next chancellor of Cambridge University. Both are hoping to become the first woman to hold the ceremonial position in its 800-year history.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Chris Pollard

Bake Off and QI star Sandi Toksvig and anti-Brexit firebrand Gina Miller are on the shortlist to be the next chancellor of Cambridge University. Both are hoping to become the first woman to hold the ceremonial position in its 800-year history. But fellow candidate Wyn Evans, an astrophysics professor at the university, warned they may lower the tone at the highbrow institution.