Yet this week, it was revealed that US oil tech firms like Halliburton and SLB continue supporting Russian energy companies. Halliburton sent equipment worth over $7m into Russia in the past year, effectively supporting the continued operation of Russia's energy-exporting industry and generating billions in state income which is also used to buy military equipment for Russia's attack on innocent Ukraine. Zelensky has been quoted previously saying, “Everybody who is financing war criminals, who are doing these terrible things in Ukraine, are also committing war crimes in our logic."

People across my country suffer daily from horrific atrocities of Russian rockets, bullets, and bombs, and now we find out that US companies like Halliburton are helping fund this suffering. If President Biden and the international community want to support Ukraine, they must…

— Svitlana Romanko (@SvitlanaRomanko) September 19, 2023

Ukrainian Svitlana Romanko is in New York to take a stand against continued US and international support for Russia through the ongoing consumption of Russian fossil fuels and enabling further Russian oil and gas infrastructure expansion. These massive Russian exports exacerbate the climate crisis, especially in the form of LNG gas and its colossal climate bombs. Oil and gas exports are the most significant income source of Putin's war chest.

As the UN also hosts its Climate Ambitions Summit tomorrow, Sept. 20, Razom We Stand points out that climate disruption is also a costly threat to global economic stability, with the Wall St. Journal reporting that not acting on climate could cost the global economy $178 trillion by 2070 if not resolved. To avoid the worst of climate damage, clean energy production must be boosted. As for Russia, the USA must strengthen sanctions to stop the expansion of Russian fossil fuel infrastructure, especially LNG, which is a dire threat to international energy security, climate and peace.

Razom We Stand is a Ukrainian organisation active internationally and calling for a total and permanent embargo on Russian fossil fuels and an immediate end to all investment into Russian oil and gas companies.

Press Contacts:
Jason Kirkpatrick, press@razomwestand.org
Snr. Communications Mgr., Razom We Stand

Notes to editors:

• Russia has amassed about $445 billion USD for its exports of fossil fuels and G20 countries who create 81% of world emissions have paid $314 billion USD of this as of Sept 1.
• Svitlana Romanko has appeared in top-tier international press, including Politico, Bloomberg, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, Financial Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde, a detailed list is here. 
• Professional photos of Svitlana Romanko are available here, copyright-free unless otherwise noted on image. Ms. Romanko has been successful in influencing Ukraine's government planning, supported by President Zelensky, to rebuild Ukraine's future energy system with clean energy.
• Ms. Romanko's tweet on this topic at @SvitlanaRomanko https://twitter.com/SvitlanaRomanko/status/1704111847606006248