Bloomberg A group of Gazprom PJSC companies temporarily under the control of the German government will not return to the ownership of the Russian gas giant, according to the group’s trading unit. Gazprom views the separation as permanent and has already asked the companies to stop using its branding and trademarks, London-based Gazprom Marketing & Trading said in an email ...

  Bloomberg French energy giant TotalEnergies SE will face calls to take a tougher stance on climate at its annual shareholders’ meeting next month. A group of 11 investors have filed a resolution demanding the company set and publish climate goals consistent with those of the Paris Agreement. While the shareholders represent a small portion of Total’s capital — about ...

The atrocities that Russian troops have committed in Ukraine raise two questions about Russians at home: Do they know their military is doing these things? And if they do, are they OK with it? The answers are almost certainly “Yes” and “They’re working on it.” The degree of civilians’ ignorance may not matter much for Russia’s redemption, should that ever ...