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Russia's $50 Billion Yukos Damages Headache Moves to India
Former owners of Yukos, the defunct Russian oil producer, have begun litigation in India as part of efforts to force Russia to pay $50 billion in damages for breaking up the company a decade ago, a representative of the owners said.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague awarded the damages — worth around one-quarter of Russia's total government budget — to a group of shareholder companies in Yukos in 2014. The court ruled that Russian authorities had destroyed Yukos by filing massive tax evasion claims against the company after its co-owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, fell out with Vladimir Putin's Kremlin.
Last week, the ex-shareholders extended their battle to India, Tim Osborne, director of GML, a former Yukos holding company involved in the litigation, told The Moscow Times. They have petitioned a local court to recognize the $50 billion award in India and are looking for assets to target once the damages are recognized.
“Rest assured, we're not going there just because we like India,” he said. “We're there because we believe there are significant assets there.”
Targets could include the defense and nuclear energy sectors, where Russia and India have struck major deals.
Former owners of Yukos, the defunct Russian oil producer, have begun litigation in India as part of efforts to force Russia to pay $50 billion in damages for breaking up the company a decade ago, a representative of the owners said.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague awarded the damages — worth around one-quarter of Russia's total government budget — to a group of shareholder companies in Yukos in 2014. The court ruled that Russian authorities had destroyed Yukos by filing massive tax evasion claims against the company after its co-owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, fell out with Vladimir Putin's Kremlin.
Last week, the ex-shareholders extended their battle to India, Tim Osborne, director of GML, a former Yukos holding company involved in the litigation, told The Moscow Times. They have petitioned a local court to recognize the $50 billion award in India and are looking for assets to target once the damages are recognized.
“Rest assured, we're not going there just because we like India,” he said. “We're there because we believe there are significant assets there.”
Targets could include the defense and nuclear energy sectors, where Russia and India have struck major deals.
Loll, Rafale deal will move faster than this case. They just entered Indian court system
