By Roman Olearchyk
Published: August 1 2006 03:00 | Last updated: August 1 2006 03:00
Royal Dutch Shell has reached a marketing accord with Moscow’s Alliance Group, which has agreed to re-brand some of the 100 petrol stations it operates in Ukraine under the Shell name.
The trademark licensing agreement will bring Ukraine its first petrol filling stations operating under the brand of a western oil major. Ukraine’s petroleum market is dominated by Russian oil giants, which supply Kiev with a majority of its crude needs and control the largest oil refineries in the country.
BP has a share in Ukraine’s petroleum market through its interest in TNK-BP, which supplies a franchise of 1,000 petrol filling stations in Ukraine operating under the TNK brand.
The re-branding of petrol stations in Ukraine is a continuation of an existing partnership between Shell and Alliance Group, which have co-operated in the Russian market since 2001. “Shell believes Ukraine is an attractive market for us and a country with a high potential for economic growth,” said Les Lastoweckyi, the company’s representative in Ukraine. Roman Olearchyk, Kiev
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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