Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict
UK court recognises US$5 billion award against Russia
Ukraine’s Naftogaz says it has won a UK court order recognising its US$5 billion investment treaty award against Russia over the seizure of its assets in Crimea.
19 December 2023
Russia challenges arbitrators in dispute over seized Ukrainian vessels
Russia has sought to disqualify two arbitrators hearing an inter-state dispute over its detention of Ukrainian naval vessels and servicemen in waters adjacent to Crimea.
13 December 2023
Indian state utility pursues former Gazprom unit
India’s state-owned gas company GAIL has filed a US$1.8 billion LCIA claim against a former Gazprom unit for failing to supply contracted cargoes of LNG.
04 December 2023
Belarusian state entity files treaty claim against Lithuania
A Belarusian state-owned entity has launched an investment treaty claim against Lithuania over the termination of a contract for the transportation of fertilisers in the wake of international sanctions.
15 November 2023
Sanctioned billionaire’s companies hit with anti-suit injunction
The Commercial Court in London has restrained companies owned by a sanctioned Russian billionaire from bringing litigation in Russia against a Cypriot investment services company in defiance of an LCIA arbitration clause.
13 November 2023
Carlsberg dispute with Russia brewing
UPDATED WITH COUNSEL: Danish beermaker Carlsberg has reportedly threatened Russia with an investment treaty claim over the alleged illegal expropriation of its business in the state.
09 November 2023
Another Crimea award surfaces in US court
A Ukrainian electricity company has wasted no time in applying to enforce an investment treaty award that found Russia liable for expropriating its assets in Crimea – putting the award in the public domain.
08 November 2023
Russian court restrains HKIAC claim against state-owned bank
A St Petersburg court has restrained a subsidiary of Russia’s VTB Bank from bringing an HKIAC arbitration against the state-controlled lender – which is pursuing litigation to recover €112 million in alleged debts.
08 November 2023
Ukrainian energy company reports win against Russia
Ukraine’s largest private energy company says it has won US$267 million in an investment treaty claim against Russia over assets seized following its occupation of Crimea.
02 November 2023
Gazprom unit asks Russian court to block billion-dollar SCC claim
Gazprom’s export arm has asked a Russian court to block a US$1.5 billion SCC arbitration brought by a Polish pipeline company over halted gas deliveries.
17 October 2023