Russia’s Justice Ministry to Appeal Dutch Verdict in Yukos Case
Russia’s Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it would appeal a Dutch court’s decision to overturn the annulment of a $50 billion award to shareholders in the now defunct Russian oil giant Yukos in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. In April 2016, The Hague’s District Court had overturned a decision …
Dutch Appeals Court Reinstates $50 Billion Award for Yukos Shareholders
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s annulment of a $50 billion award to shareholders in the now defunct Russian oil giant Yukos. In April 2016, The Hague’s District Court had overturned a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration ordering the Russian state to compensate shareholders …
Putin to Pardon Gaoled Tycoon Khodorkovsky
President Vladimir Putin is to pardon one of his best known opponents, oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, after a decade in gaol in what may be a gesture to critics of his human rights record before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. Putin made the surprise announcement that he would soon free …