The Hague court overturned the decision to pay Russia $ 50 billion to Yukos shareholders. Reaction of the parties

The District Court of The Hague overturned the decision on Russia to pay compensation in the amount of $50 billion in favor of the ex-shareholders of the Yukos Oil Company, a Russian representative in the court told Interfax on Wednesday. “Our complaint against the arbitration decision in The Hague to pay $50 billion has been fully satisfied,” said...

Khodorkovsky was arrested in absentia in Russia

The Basmanny Court of Moscow (Russia) ruled on the absentee arrest of the former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the case of organizing several murders. This is stated in a message on the official website of the Investigative Committee. “Having considered the petition of the Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases ...

Putin has allowed to ignore the priority of international law

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows the Constitutional Court to declare unenforceable decisions of international courts, primarily the European Court of Human Rights, if their decisions contradict the Russian constitution. The law amends the Federal Law “On the Constitutional Court of Russia”.…

Russia is trying in the US to challenge the Hague verdict on Yukos

Lawyers representing the interests of the Russian Federation appealed to the federal court of the US District of Columbia with two petitions not to recognize the decision of the Hague arbitration to recover more than $ 50 billion from Russia in favor of the former shareholders of the Yukos oil company. It…

Surname of Mikhail Khodorkovsky became a registered brand

Former head of Yukos Oil Company Mikhail Khodorkovsky has patented his surname. Applications for registration in Russia and a number of other countries of the world, according to the publication, were submitted by the British company MBK IP UK Limited, associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. According to Kommersant newspaper sources in legal circles, Rospatent has registered the trademarks KHODORKOVSKY and KHODORKOVSKY. Russian-speaking…

Russia is preparing for mass arrests of assets abroad

The total value of Russia's foreign assets, which may be seized, is about $ XNUMX billion, writes RBC, citing sources close to the government and the State Duma. According to the publication, such an assessment, in particular, was made at a meeting of an interdepartmental working group created to assess the damage to Russia from actions of foreign ...

The United States handed Russia a subpoena in the Yukos case

According to a status report filed with the District of Columbia (Washington) court on July 1, the US Embassy in Moscow handed over a package of court documents to the Russian side on June 22. We are talking about the petition of Hulley Enterprises, Yukos Universal and Veteran Petroleum (former shareholders of Yukos, who won compensation in The Hague in the amount of $ 50 billion plus fines ...

Accounts of Russian diplomatic missions in Belgium unblocked

The accounts of Russian diplomatic missions in Belgium, previously frozen in pursuance of the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in the case of former Yukos shareholders, have been unblocked. This was stated by Alexander Grushko, Russia's permanent representative to NATO. “The accounts of diplomatic missions have been unlocked, it could not have been otherwise”, - ...

In Russia, Khodorkovsky is suspected of murdering the mayor of Nefteyugansk

Russia's Investigative Committee has resumed its investigation into the 1998 murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov. This is stated on the website of the Russian department. “In connection with newly discovered circumstances, a decision was made to resume the investigation of the criminal case of the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk in 1998...

Putin promised to respond to the arrest of Russian assets

Russia will defend its interests in connection with the seizure of assets abroad, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “There cannot but be a reaction, we will defend our interests,” Putin said at a meeting with the heads of foreign news agencies. He clarified that this is...

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