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Commentary: Biden’s sanctions on Russia should include timber exports

06.03.2024 New US sanctions target hundreds of Russian entities and individuals, but should also cover areas that are good for the planet

Some – but not all – Russian conflict timber imports banned in US

27.11.2023 The US Treasury Department has banned one of the largest and most controversial suppliers of Russian conflict plywood

Revealed: Timber linked to Russia’s Wagner private army on sale in Europe

16.05.2023 Scandal has implications for new law meant to address EU role in deforestation overseas 

Russian mercenaries cash in on Europe’s scramble for African timber

16.05.2023 New evidence reveals an EU timber rush in one of the world’s most fragile nations fuels local instability and bolsters Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Russian “conflict timber” worth over $400 million bought by Japan since Ukraine invasion

22.03.2023 Imports linked to illegal logging profit oligarchs & Russian gov't

“Conflict timber” worth over $1bn sold in US since Ukraine invasion

24.02.2023 America’s continued trade in Russian ‘conflict timber is aiding terror in Ukraine and further enriching ultrawealthy Russians close to Putin

REVEALED: Russian “conflict timber” worth over $1bn sold in the US

24.02.2023 Ukrainian activists say America’s business in Russian wood is helping to fuel Putin’s invasion

Revealed: Russian oligarchs make a killing off multibillion-dollar wood trade with West

11.03.2022 Putin’s cronies are behind major logging firms and wood exporters

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