{"id":78927,"date":"2025-10-06T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=78927"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:19:21","slug":"russia-fossil-fuel-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/78927\/russia-fossil-fuel-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin\u2019s Threat\u00a0to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This groundbreaking Greenpeace International report details the transformations in Russia\u2019s environmental governance, climate policy, biodiversity and socioeconomic and political landscape in the wake of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine \u2013 as well as the impact of these changes at domestic and global levels.<br><br><strong>Download the report in Russian and English below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=fossil_fuel_empire&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;u=greenpeaceinternational\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 sent shockwaves around the world. The Putin regime that inflicted this ongoing, heinous tragedy on Ukraine and its people has also set Russia itself back decades. Today, the world\u2019s largest country is marked by escalating authoritarianism, militarisation and systemic repression \u2013 a country where civil freedoms are nearly extinguished, independent organisations are criminalised and the ruling elite profits from war, natural resource exploitation, and attacks against neighbouring nations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Drawing on hundreds of sources gathered from outside Russia after the post-2022 crackdown, this report is also the first to bring together scattered data into a coherent picture, revealing the desperate state of Russia. The report shows that Russia&#8217;s regime is based on a \u2018troika\u2019 consisting of extractivism, authoritarianism and war, destroying the country&#8217;s environment, biodiversity, society and international relations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>However, despite the bleak situation, repressive crackdowns, and a general atmosphere of apathy, environmental issues remain one of the few topics that continue to spark public interest and trigger protest, especially at the local level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>While this report focuses on the situation inside Russia and its international politics, it sends a broader warning to the world: regimes that rely on the extraction of natural resources, authoritarian rule and militarisation \u2013 and to those countries that finance such regimes and trade with them, paying no regard to the consequences.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Download the report:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/10\/f94a3931-russia-fossil-fuel-empire-final-en.pdf\">Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin\u2019s Threat&nbsp;to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability<\/a> [English]<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2025\/10\/bb38797d-fossil-fuel-empire-2025-ru.pdf\">Imperiya Iskopayemogo Topliva: Okhrana okruzhayushchey sredy v Rossii i vliyaniye rossiyskogo rezhima na global&#8217;nuyu ekologicheskuyu bezopasnost&#8217; posle 2022 goda<\/a> [Russian]<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=fossil_fuel_empire_russian_&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;u=greenpeaceinternational\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p><em>Corrections made after publication<br><br>After publication, the wording of the report was clarified in four instances relating to the war and occupied territories: territories are now described as temporarily occupied, and the war is referred to as Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These changes do not affect the conclusions of the report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking report created from outside Russia following a Kremlin crackdown on civil society following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine shows Russia is locked in a spiral toward terminal war economy of fossil fuels, state oppression and bloody aggression. 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