Your governments may be afraid to act, but ordinary people in Britain and Europe are well placed to send a message to Putin
- Oleg Ustenko is an adviser to President Zelenskiy of Ukraine
Russian oil is funding the invasion of Ukraine and the murder of innocent people, just as money from the sale of blood diamonds fuelled brutal civil war in Africa. We must cut off this funding at source. This trade can and must be stopped through pressure brought by you, the consumer, on companies and governments.
Vladimir Putin sells 5m barrels of crude oil per day, a large share of which goes to Europe. Today, as EU leaders gather to discuss the crisis, we call on people everywhere to boycott Russian oil now.
Oleg Ustenko is an adviser to the president of Ukraine on economic issues
