YUKOS CAPITAL LIMITED v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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1:22-cv-00798
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June 11, 2025
Russia Must Face $5B Yukos Award Suit, DC Judge Rules
At D.C. federal judge on Wednesday denied Russia's bid to nix litigation filed by the financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award, saying the Kremlin's jurisdictional objections fell short.
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June 10, 2025
Yukos Says $5B Russia Award Suit Must Proceed
Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm has told a D.C. federal court that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting the Ninth Circuit's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question moots Russia's request that the court pause enforcement of a $5 billion arbitral award against the country.
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April 23, 2025
Russia Seeks Stay In $5B Award Stemming From Loan Dispute
The Russian Federation asked a D.C. federal court to pause enforcing a $5 billion arbitration award compensating Yukos Capital for Russia's alleged expropriation of loans while litigation plays out in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the jurisdiction of American courts over international arbitration agreements.
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March 11, 2025
Russia Says Guinea Ruling Backs Dismissal In $5B Award Suit
A recent D.C. federal court decision supports the Russian Federation's bid to dismiss an arbitration enforcement action stemming from a tax dispute with Yukos Capital Ltd., Russia told the same court.
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December 17, 2024
Yukos Capital Opposes Stay In $5B Russia Award Suit
The financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. urged a D.C. federal court on Monday not to pause its lawsuit looking to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award against Russia while litigation involving similar issues plays out, saying the Kremlin is needlessly dragging its feet.
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December 02, 2024
Russia Looks To 4 FSIA Cases In Bid To Stay $5B Award Suit
Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases are pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit that could affect the suit.
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October 28, 2024
Russia Says High Court Case May Help Nix $5B Award Suit
Russia has told a D.C. federal court that a case recently accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme Court may provide it a path to argue that the court lacks jurisdiction to decide a case brought against the country by a Yukos Oil Co. unit.
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September 09, 2024
Russia Says DC Circ. Ruling Erodes $5B Award To Yukos
A recent D.C. Circuit ruling that Spain must comply with $395 million in arbitration awards awarded to Yukos Oil's financing arm undermines the company's $5 billion claim against Russia because the country, unlike Spain, never ratified the international treaty on which the court relied, Russia has told a D.C. federal court.
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December 12, 2023
Russia Seeks To Toss Yukos Capital's $5B Arbitration Award
A $5 billion arbitration award against Russia must be dismissed because the country never ratified the treaty under which the arbitration was enforced, the Russian Federation told a D.C. federal court.
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June 05, 2023
Russia, Oil Co. Agree To Keep Alive $5B Arbitration Award Suit
Russia and Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm struck a deal Monday to continue litigation over the enforcement of a $5 billion arbitral award, telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge that the company will re-serve Russia through diplomatic channels and Russia will drop its bid to dismiss the enforcement action.