Russia


India-Russia talks focus on free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri noted that PM Modi and President Putin discussed fast-tracking the India-EAEU Free Trade Agreement (EAEU: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan) to address India's trade deficit. Terms of reference were finalized during EAM S. Jaishankar's November Moscow visit.
New China-Russia bilateral investment agreement takes effect: MOFCOM
The new Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments formally came into effect.
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts
UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’
The UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed.
EU Commission pledges to protect Belgium over Russian assets
Belgium fears that using the assets would leave it exposed to Russian legal action. This is a major concern for Belgium, which has a bilateral investment treaty with Russia, first signed in 1989.
India, Russia-led Eurasian union review FTA talks
Discussions in Moscow centered on resolving critical issues like local currency payments, logistics bottlenecks, and easing non-tariff barriers.
Tribunal members named in €14bn Fridman claim against Luxembourg
No hearing date or location set in Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman’s arbitration case over assets frozen by the Grand Duchy’s government.
Expanding the legal toolkit: the EU’s new tools against sanctioned Russian investors
These new provisions expand the legal tools available to EU Member States to resist and deter investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) proceedings brought by Russian investors in connection to measures imposed within the EU’s sanctions regime against Russia.
Dutch Supreme Court rejects Russia’s final appeal in $50B Yukos case
The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday rejected a final appeal by Russia against a $50 billion arbitration award to former shareholders of Russian oil giant Yukos, who claimed Moscow deliberately bankrupted the company more than 20 years ago.
Russia, China, update bilateral investment treaty as Belt & Road Initiative projects look set to increase
The reference to infrastructure construction suggests that Chinese participation as part of its Belt & Road Initiative projects and investments into Russia will increase.