Overview
- The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, which released its report Wednesday, says the energy firms and 44 linked entities helped move children from occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhya.
- Researchers identified at least six camps in Russia and occupied Crimea where children received pro-Russia lessons and, at some sites, military-style training.
- Gazprom subsidiaries and Rosneft trade unions issued camp vouchers, arranged travel, and ran activities the report describes as political reeducation.
- About 80% of the named organizations are not under U.S. or EU sanctions, and a March 12 U.S. license for Russian oil already at sea could keep revenue flowing to the firms.
- The team says transfers continued into summer 2025, and the findings build on ICC warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova tied to child deportations.