Trumps from the Ministry of Justice: Russia appealed the court decision on billions of Yukos

The press service of the Russian Ministry of Justice announces an appeal against the decision of the ASN (Court of Appeal in The Hague (Netherlands)) in the Yukos case. Recall that we are talking about the decision of this court, which ordered the Russian state to pay shareholders $ 50 billion "plus $ 7 billion of accumulated interest."

It is reported that today, May 15, the Russian Federation sent a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the complaint, Russia is demanding the cancellation of the decision of the Court of Appeal in the lawsuit by the Yukos majority.

Russia notes that the ASN actually ignored the facts of the plaintiffs violating anti-corruption standards, as well as “anti-laundering” international laws. In addition, Russia notes the proven fact of collusion and fictitious tendering of officials with former shareholders of the oil company. A statement was added on the facts of bribing officials who were responsible for the privatization of Yukos.
Of Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation:

Offshore "dummy companies" controlled by Russian citizens did not actually pay for YUKOS shares and, accordingly, did not make any contribution to the Russian economy. Under the management of Yukos, the former owners allowed tax evasion, illegal withdrawal of assets abroad, money laundering and other illegal actions.
In a cassation appeal, he indicates that at one time, representatives of oligarchic circles bribed the main witness in this high-profile case.

It is added that the Dutch arbitration judges were misled:

The plaintiffs were actually Russian oligarchs - beneficiaries of NK Yukos. The court presented irrefutable evidence of the relationship of Russian citizens with the plaintiffs. Therefore, plaintiffs cannot be recognized by foreign investors.

Recall that after the decision by the Court of Appeal in The Hague to pay $ 50 billion to the "shareholders", many experts were quick to declare that Russia "now will not be able to get away from having to pay." However, these experts clearly ran ahead. Litigation will continue. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice has important trump cards. One of them is the facts of violation of the law on money laundering by those who call themselves "foreign investors". And today this trump card has entered the big game with billions in bets.

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[for]

Offshore "dummy companies" controlled by Russian citizens did not actually pay for YUKOS shares and, accordingly, did not make any contribution to the Russian economy. Under the management of Yukos, the former owners allowed tax evasion, illegal withdrawal of assets abroad, money laundering and other illegal actions.

This can be presented to any company.

[Ilya-spb]

This must be presented to the Russian oligarchs - the plunderers of national wealth.

[Pereira]

But who will plant him? He is a monument

(CE).
Will they present themselves?

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Ilya-spb

This must be presented to the Russian oligarchs - the plunderers of national wealth.

[seregatara1969]

These faces do not even know where Syzran and its oil refineries are. The Syzran refinery during the WWII processed one million tons of oil into gasoline for the front. Heavy oil.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: seregatara1969

These faces do not even know where Syzran and its oil refineries are.

But they know how to "cut the loot".

[Ilya-spb]

Something is not enough on your list of people ...

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Ilya-spb

Something is not enough on your list of people ..

I’ll add.

[svp67]

At the same time, the Ministry of Justice has important trump cards.

What kind of "trump cards" are we talking about, when the "West" plays "its own", and even with a "marked" deck

[Glory1974]

What "trump cards" are we talking about,

Probably we are talking about those who allowed illegally privatizing the public domain at secured auctions. They are still at the trough, they know who brought to whom and how much, they know where there is documentary evidence.
Perhaps the time has come to reveal the truth in court. We know her from the trial between Berezovsky and Abramovich, where all the scams and frauds were revealed. Berezovsky lost there and, as unnecessary, was sent to the country of "eternal hunting".
Here, the question is still open.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: svp67

What kind of "trump cards" are we talking about, when the "West" plays "its own", and even with a "marked" deck

And maybe checkers. Only some who play giveaway. (But not "West").

[7,62x54]

Those. withdrawing money abroad is a crime, or only in the case of the Yukos affair, when partners began to take by the throat?

[Pereira]

A crime when the wrong people withdraw money. Its possible.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Pereira

A crime when the wrong people withdraw money. Its possible.

[Pereira]

For some reason, I believe in this more than the professionalism of our lawyers.

[Nastia makarova]

yes yes everything paid

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Nastia Makarova

yes yes everything paid

[Nastia makarova]

thieves have always been from adam and eve

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Nastia Makarova

thieves have always been from adam and eve

That's for sure. The Sumerians stole an apple from Satan and tossed Eve.

[fa2998]

Quote: for

Offshore "dummy companies" controlled by Russian citizens did not actually pay for YUKOS shares and, accordingly, did not make any contribution to the Russian economy. Under the management of Yukos, the former owners allowed tax evasion, illegal withdrawal of assets abroad, money laundering and other illegal actions.

This can be presented to any company.

Right! When they were privatized "by pull", they gave bribes to officials, there were "respected people". As they became inconvenient, they took the company. So the rest of the privatizers and this government are lyuby. Or they quietly sold the company, and over the hill.

[GRIGORIY76]

YUKOS was "privatized" incorrectly and illegally, and the rest of the Soviet wealth was honestly divided? Someone there decided to step on thin ice?

[Old Operator]

The very existence of Yukos, resulting from criminal privatization, should be reviewed

[ender]

why only Yukos?

[for]

Quote: Old Operator

The very existence of Yukos, resulting from criminal privatization, should be reviewed

Like other enterprises. "Especially" People's Property " Gazprom and Rosneft.

[signifera]

Stop, bargain and pay. Everyone gets paid in the end. There just probably still isn’t a beautiful formulation and reason to properly present it to us. Again, they will arrange a type of heroic defense in court, they say they did everything they could ...

[Nastia makarova]

do not pay because 50 lard no

[signifera]

They will find a way. They will take a loan, for which year I have not been surprised at ingenious decisions and multi-steps. Again gasoline at 70r, VAT 35%, retirement age 75, there is still digging and digging)))
And after the triumphant speeches about the pass, about the debt to Ukraine ... and then like, well, you have to pay, you what, how could it be otherwise. The trend is sad. They will not be paid in court, their assets will be seized or sanctions will be imposed, which will lower our standard of living, as usual.

[Nastia makarova]

but is there where to lower our level ??

[Avior]

I suspect that these arguments will not matter.
The case has been examined for many years, the arguments that have been set out long ago or should have been stated.
The key point was the interpretation of certain provisions, in particular, whether international agreements were considered valid in Russia from the moment they were signed or from the moment they entered into force, it was about article 45 of the energy charter agreement.
Russia then managed to prove that the treaties were not valid until the entry into force of the agreement.
But later, the Constitutional Court decided in the case of the annexation of Crimea that the treaties are valid from the moment of signing.

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The Treaty on the Adoption of Crimea was signed on March 18, 2014 and was applied temporarily until its ratification, which took place a few days later. The Constitutional Court, urgently considering the request of President Vladimir Putin to verify the constitutionality of this agreement, wrote on March 19 that "in fact, the adoption of the Republic of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation is provided as an element of the application of the treaty in question before its ratification." This meant that Crimea and Sevastopol were part of the Russian Federation from the moment of signing the agreement, and not from the moment it entered into force, the Constitutional Court explained.

Yukos shareholders took advantage of this and appealed the old decision

And how these new arguments can work if the key problem in the question was in a completely different way is not clear.
This is, after all, an appeal, and not an examination of the case on the merits, they will obviously be asked there for new arguments - have you not known this for many years?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.rbc.ru/rbcnews/economics/27/02/2020/5e5679149a79472bb69d6602

[Gennady Korsunov]

And who will tell you! After the collapse of the USSR did we (Russia) even win something somewhere?

[signifera]

Like champions on writing off debts and loans to foreign states. Can be considered a win in such a race.

[Hypatius]

The situation is simple: 1. Former Komsomol members stole an asset from the people. 2. Former Chekists squeezed out an asset stolen from the people from Komsomol members. 3. Komsomol members wanted money for an asset stolen from the people and squeezed out of lawlessness by the KGB. 4. They want money from the people, well, not the Chekists?
They’ll get money, because people can’t get used to it without salt .. eat.
Hopefully, from the NWF, Trillionchik Sberu was thrown into poverty. And other ghouls in line. Well, the Icelanders fellows, were able to organize a referendum that the debts of Alegarchs and bankers are the debts of banks, not the people or the state. Is it weak for us?
Bankrupt this Rosneft, and create Gosneft with 146 million shareholders. This is true.

[ltc35]

The longer I live, the more I understand that Khodor and his YUKOS are just a child compared to their current "friends". Nano, skolkovo, eastern, and now Sechin is a geneticist ...

[notingem]

In the Netherlands, this appeal will not even be read. And they will uphold

[Metallurg_2]

Well, if from us there will be the same lawyers who defended the interests of Gazprom in Stockholm - write, it’s gone.