As companies; world powers, and even ordinary people distance themselves and their interests from Russia apparently Shell didn’t get that memo. According to reports, the company got caught this week as reports emerged that it had purchased about 100 metric tons of crude oil from Russia through a middleman despite the fact that Russia illegally invaded Ukraine and waged what is pretty much the groundwork for World War III (if it isn’t stopped soon.)
“Despite being made with security of supplies at the forefront of our thinking,” the decision to purchase a cargo of Russian flagship Urals crude from Swiss trader Trafigura at a record discount, “was not the right one and we are sorry,” CEO Ben van Beurden said, per CNBC and Reuters.