At UniCredit’s request, UK Court of Appeal varies original anti-suit injunction directed against Russian proceedings, in view of Russian court’s counter-injunction

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Analysis: In Littop v. Ukraine, Svea Court of Appeal finds that denial of benefits objection does not pertain to jurisdiction, rejects idea of implicit legality requirement, and finds that Salini test applies to ECT; judges decline to set aside award and order investors to pay costs

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Svea Court of Appeal upholds Littop v. Ukraine tribunal’s decision to decline jurisdiction, albeit on grounds that differ from arbitrators’ reasoning; Ukraine’s request for arbitration costs is also granted

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Analysis: ICSID tribunal declines to order provisional measures against Azerbaijan, seeing no direct effect of travel bans and asset freezes on the conduct of the arbitration

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Analysis: Russian court releases reasons for issuing anti-arbitration injunctions against pair of German state-owned banks, blaming EU sanctions for unenforceability of ICC arbitration clauses

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Gazprom Round-Up: Russia’s highest court declines to consider OMV companies’ appeals against anti-arbitration injunctions, another Russian court refuses to give effect to SCC arbitration clause, and other arbitration-related developments involving the state-owned Russian gas magnate

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Revealed: In Rasia v. Armenia, ad hoc committee sees no ground for annulment in tribunal’s interpretation of Armenian statutory limitation provisions that barred applicants’ contractual and umbrella clause claims

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CIS Round-Up: Updates in arbitration-related Russian court proceedings, EU bans recognition and enforcement of Russian anti-arbitration and anti-suit injunctions, while Kyrgyzstan proposes amendments to allow set-aside of arbitral awards

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Revealed: PCA Secretary-General rejects set of challenges against Brigitte Stern in contentious arbitration against Kazakhstan, after previous appointing authority that dismissed claimant’s objections against Ms. Stern’s nomination resigns

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Analysis: Russian courts grant anti-arbitration injunction against German bank despite absence of pending arbitration proceedings, under threat of 250-million-EUR penalty

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Analysis: Russian court finds that ICC arbitration agreement between German bank and Gazprom-affiliate is unenforceable and allows for immediate execution of anti-arbitration, anti-suit, and anti-enforcement injunctions

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Sanctioned Russian national lodges Russian court proceedings, alleging breaches of Norway-Russia BIT; Russian court finds that principle of reciprocity may limit Norway’s immunity from jurisdiction

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Swedish court seeks CJEU preliminary ruling on interpretation of sanctions regulation that banned claims originating from Russian nationals

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Analysis: Dutch Supreme Court confirms treaty awards against Russia in Privatbank, Naftogaz, and Aeroport Belbek arbitrations; set-aside and revocation claims against Everest Estate awards are remanded to Amsterdam Courts of Appeal on limited matters of evidence and admissibility

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CIS Round-Up: A new award, the settlement of an ICC arbitration, developments in arbitration-related Russian court proceedings, and other updates in arbitrations involving countries of the region

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Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal agrees to suspend proceedings in view of Belarussian state-owned claimant’s struggle to meet advance on costs due to international sanctions

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Analysis: ICJ upholds Armenia’s objections to jurisdiction rationibus temporis et materiae against part of Azerbaijan’s racial discrimination claims, while allowing claims pertaining to the deployment of landmines and booby traps to proceed to the merits

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Analysis: ICJ rejects Azerbaijan’s preliminary objections in CERD dispute initiated by Armenia, finding that negotiations aimed at settling the dispute became futile and that Azerbaijan’s allegedly racially motivated acts, if proven, are capable of falling under CERD; dissenting judges would have dismissed Armenia’s claims for lack of jurisdiction

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Subsidiary of Russian partially state-owned transport and logistic operator at the centre of controversial takeover secures 1.8 billion USD LCIA award against company controlled by former Russian oligarch

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ICJ upholds jurisdiction over Armenia’s claims against Azerbaijan under CERD; parallel case initiated by Azerbaijan against Armenia sees partial setback, but bulk of discrimination claims will be heard on the merits

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Gazprom Round-Up: Hungary shields Gazprom from enforcement, member of Gazprom Group lodges 810-million-EUR claim against Linde, German companies turn to Russia’s highest court over 14.3-billion-EUR anti-arbitration injunction, and other arbitration-related updates involving the Russian state-owned gas company

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Svea Court of Appeal rejects Ukraine’s bid for set-aside of jurisdictional award in VEB v. Ukraine, finding no evidence that BIT excludes state bodies from its definition of “investor”

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Analysis: Russian court holds Linde companies jointly and severally liable for obligations to Gazprom affiliate, finding that EU sectorial sanctions impair Russian company’s access to justice and its right to recover advance payments

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The Hague Court of Appeal dismisses Russia’s challenge to court fees for set-aside proceedings in Naftogaz v. Russia dispute

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Analysis: Russian court confirms exclusive jurisdiction over dispute involving sanctioned Gazprom affiliate and German bank, finding that ability of Russian company to secure protection in foreign-seated proceedings is “substantially limited”

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Ukraine’s Naftogaz freezes Russian state-owned assets in Finland to enforce UNCITRAL award that found unlawful expropriation of assets in Crimea

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Gazprom Round-Up: Russia’s highest court declines to hear Czech company’s appeal against anti-arbitration injunction, Prosecutor-General intervenes in Russian court proceedings lodged against Polish state-owned companies, and other arbitration-related updates involving the Russian state-owned gas company

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Uncovered: SIAC tribunal hearing dispute with Vietnamese state-owned entity finds that US sanctions do not constitute a force majeure event, but awards sanctioned Russian party 500+ million USD in compensation for termination of thermal power plant contract

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Analysis: UK Supreme Court confirms that general choice-of-law clause in UniCredit v. RusChemAlliance dispute applies to arbitration agreement between the parties, and UK judges have authority to issue anti-suit injunction to protect Paris-seated arbitration

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UK Supreme Court publishes reasons for upholding Court of Appeal’s authority to issue anti-suit injunction directed against Russian court proceedings in RusChemAlliance v. UniCredit case

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CIS Round-Up: Russia’s Supreme Court refuses to enforce award issued by London-seated tribunal, another Russian court gives effect to LCIA arbitration clause, and Ukraine’s Defense Ministry claims victory in military equipment arbitration

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Gazprom Round-Up: Reasons are published for latest anti-arbitration injunctions against European companies, new interim measures in the Linde-RCA legal saga, and other arbitration-related updates involving the Russian state-owned gas company

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Revealed: UNCITRAL tribunal in Ukrenergo v. Russia finds that dispute falls within territorial scope of Russia-Ukraine BIT and sees no cross-border requirement at time when investment was made, joining other preliminary objections to the merits

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UNCITRAL tribunal in Ukrenergo v. Russia issues Award on Jurisdiction, rejecting several preliminary objections under the Russia-Ukraine BIT

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[Updated] Kazakhstan and Stati parties agree to settle long-running dispute that triggered world-wide enforcement and criminal proceedings

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Gazprom Round-Up: Bulgargaz lodges long-announced ICC arbitration against Gazprom Export, updates on Russian court proceedings against members of the OMV Group, and other arbitration-related developments involving the Russian state-owned company

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CIS Round-Up: Yukos shareholders collect on vodka trademarks under Yukos awards, new developments in RCA-Linde legal saga, and other arbitration-related updates involving countries of the region

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Analysis: European Court of Human Rights looks at international humanitarian law to rule on Russia’s conduct in Crimea, finding breach of fair trial guarantees, large-scale expropriations, and discriminatory conduct

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European Court of Human Rights finds Russia liable for administrative practice of human rights violations in Crimea, including through large-scale expropriations

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Analysis: Russian court offers identical reasoning in enjoining two ICC arbitrations against Gazprom Export, seeing no prospect for impartial trial before Geneva-seated arbitration tribunals

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[Updated] Gazprom Round-Up: Russian courts issue new anti-arbitration injunctions and confirm previous ruling on cassation, Gazprom Exports asks for additional court measures, and other arbitration-related updates involving the Russian state-owned gas company

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Analysis: In anti-arbitration injunctions issued against Czechia’s CEZ and Austrian OMV’s gas trading subsidiary, Russian court reaffirms that sanctions render international arbitration agreements unenforceable

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Paris Court of Appeal declines to hear Russia’s attempt to set aside procedural order that upheld constitution of tribunal in under-the-radar case

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[Updated] Gazprom Round-Up: ICC tribunal issues anti-anti-arbitration injunction, additional anti-arbitration injunctions by Russian courts, and updates on other arbitration-related developments involving the Russian state-owned gas company

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[Updated] Gazprom Round-Up: A new arbitration claim on the horizon, an additional Russian anti-arbitration injunction, and other arbitration-related updates involving the Russian gas company

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Revealed: ICC tribunal chaired by Cristián Conejero is hearing Czech CEZ’s claims against Gazprom Export, while respondent is asking Russian court for anti-arbitration injunction

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Presidential decree places Russian assets of German Bosch and Italian Ariston under temporary administration of Gazprom’s subsidiary, raising specter of potential arbitration claims

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[Updated] Revealed: In Russian proceedings pertaining to anti-arbitration injunction directed against Geneva-seated arbitration, OMV challenges Gazprom’s arguments on requirements for exclusive jurisdiction of Russian court and effect of EU and Swiss sanctions against Russian nationals

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