Russia Rejects $1.3 Billion International Arbitration Ruling In Ukraine Bank Case
Russia says it will not accept an international arbitration
ruling obliging Moscow to pay Ukraine's biggest state-run bank $1.3
billion in compensation for loss of business and assets in Crimea
following Moscow's annexation of the peninsula in 2014.
The
Russian Justice Ministry said in a statement that the arbitration
court's November 26 decision was invalid because "the arbitration panel
does not have jurisdiction to consider the lawsuit of Ukraine's
Oshchadbank against the Russian Federation."
"The
Justice Ministry of Russia will take all necessary measures to ensure
the representation and protection of the Russian Federation's interests
over this arbitration ruling," the ministry said.
Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov on November 27 declined to comment on the
matter, saying he did not have any information about it.
Oshchadbank
said on November 26 that the court ruled in the bank's favor, and the
bank will now take "all possible measures" to get the money back from
Russia.
Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &
Sullivan, which represented Oshchadbank in the case, said the decision
to award the sum had been made unanimously by three members of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration.
The announcements came amid new tensions between Moscow and Kyiv over Ukrainian Navy ships seized by Russia near annexed Crimea.
Russia
and Ukraine have been embroiled in a military conflict for several
years. Entities from both countries are caught up in a series of lengthy
court cases in several countries.
Oshchadbank
official Andriy Pyshnyy encouraged other Ukrainian companies to seek
international arbitration "to restore justice" over property seized in
Crimea.
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