Description
Crude Connections is an online resource revealing how BP's business strategy extends from the British Museum's blockbuster exhibition, Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia, through meetings with ministers in Westminster, all the way to Putin's right-hand man.
- View a detailed timeline of government meetings, emails and sponsored events, illustrated with extracts of material released under the Freedom of Information Act
- Learn about BP’s major stake in Russian state oil company Rosneft, its dire environmental record and how its CEO is mired in controversy
- Explore the Crude Connections map which links the key players and reveals how BP’s cultural sponsorship deals are helping smooth Anglo-Russian diplomacy
- Find out how the Scythians exhibition connects the British Museum and BP to a Russian region on the frontlines of climate change and Indigenous struggles
