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Sophie Mellor is a London-based writer covering Europe’s changing finance and tech scene. Before joining Fortune, Sophie worked at Euromoney covering renewable energy financing and M&A, focusing on the economics of getting to net-zero. A New York-native, Sophie graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a bachelor’s degree in economics and history of economic thought and has worked across the U.K., the U.S., and Japan. Follow all of Sophie's stories here.

Vladimir Putin oil pipeline
EnergyCrippling Russia with an oil embargo would send U.S. gas prices soaring. In Europe, it could lead to death
By Sophie MellorMarch 3, 2022
Major oil producers worldwide
EnergyOPEC+ refuses to budge, citing a ‘well-balanced market’ as the price of oil soars in the West
By Sophie MellorMarch 2, 2022
A yacht in the ocean.
Where do you take your $100 million megayacht to make sure the U.S. can’t seize it, and other questions Russian oligarchs are asking themselves
By Sophie MellorMarch 1, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall during Russian-Belarusian talks in Sochi, Russia, February 7, 2022.
Putin’s wax statue, ‘The Batman’ movie and Green Day show are pulled as cultural groups boycott Russia over Ukraine invasion
By Sophie MellorMarch 1, 2022
Passenger planes at Tolmachevo International Airport in Novosibirsk, Russia
Russia airspace ban could mean a return to Cold War travel: Higher prices, longer flights, and refueling in Alaska
By Sophie MellorFebruary 28, 2022
An NFT titled CryptoPunk 7523 by Larva Labs
TechSotheby’s canceled a $30 million NFTs auction at the last minute and it’s not clear if it’s a ‘rug pull’ or nobody wanted to buy them
By Sophie MellorFebruary 25, 2022
A woman carries a basket of bread
Bread may be the first thing to go missing from our tables as Putin wages war on Ukraine
By Sophie MellorFebruary 24, 2022
Ukrainian military vehicles move past Independence Square in central Kyiv.
It’s not just $100 oil—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends prices for everything from bread to steel soaring
By Sophie MellorFebruary 24, 2022
Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Many are worried about an energy crisis after Nord Stream 2 was shut down. But Europe says Russian troops arrived too late
By Sophie MellorFebruary 23, 2022
A Ukraine army soldier walks in the town of Schastia
$120 a barrel and $5 a gallon? How oil and gas prices could change based on Putin’s next moves
By Sophie MellorFebruary 22, 2022
Girl playing flute with mask on
HealthCOVID fatigue is making us too relaxed, warn experts who say the pandemic isn’t over
By Sophie MellorFebruary 20, 2022
Cathie Wood portrait
FinanceCathie Wood went on TV to defend her ARK fund’s bad performance. It didn’t go as planned
By Sophie MellorFebruary 18, 2022
Street Style Gucci
Brands from Unilever to Heineken are crying poor about inflation, but Gucci and its luxury peers are doing just fine
By Sophie MellorFebruary 17, 2022
A vaccinator prepares to administer Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19
HealthThere’s another great reason to get a COVID vaccine, the U.K.’s top health agency reports
By Sophie MellorFebruary 16, 2022
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew
The size of Prince Andrew’s sexual trafficking settlement—and who’s paying—is putting the royal family’s untouchable status in danger
By Sophie MellorFebruary 16, 2022
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