September 02, 2016
The Russian government told a D.C. federal court Thursday that it dropped charges against a top lawyer at defunct oil giant Yukos in exchange for his testimony against its allegedly corrupt former owners, saying the arrangement elicited vital testimony that dooms the owners’ $50 billion lawsuit.
August 23, 2016
Former owners of the defunct energy giant Yukos Oil Co. told a D.C. federal court Monday that testimony from the oil company's onetime top lawyer that Russia has called "critical new evidence" in the ex-owners' $50 billion lawsuit was described as "nothing new" by the same lawyer in a recent radio interview.
August 08, 2016
Former Yukos Oil. Co. shareholders asked a D.C. federal court Friday to not allow the Russian Federation to make additional court filings in their suit to enforce $50 billion in arbitral awards, saying the country really has not raised anything new and offers meritless arguments.
August 04, 2016
The Russian Federation sought Wednesday to amend its motion to dismiss a suit by former shareholders of Yukos Oil Co. aiming to enforce $50 billion in arbitration awards, saying that a "former member of the Russian Oligarchs' inner circle" has finally come forward with testimony regarding "his former employers' criminal activities," according to papers filed in the federal court in the District of Columbia.
August 02, 2016
Former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders that are pushing for a stay in a U.S. arbitration enforcement suit against Russia while they appeal a Dutch court's vacating of their $50 billion arbitration award told a federal judge on Monday that Russia can't blame its economic troubles on their suit.
July 19, 2016
Russia vowed Tuesday to "strongly resist" an appeal lodged by former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders who are asking a Dutch court to reinstate $50 billion in arbitral awards following Russia's dismantling of the oil giant.
July 18, 2016
Three companies that won $50 billion in arbitral awards over Russia's liquidation of OAO Yukos Oil Co. said Monday that they have begun the process of formally appealing a Dutch court's decision to annul the awards.
July 12, 2016
Former Yukos shareholders blaming Russia for the oil giant's demise urged a D.C. federal court Monday to reject "new evidence" the country has advanced to fight their $50 billion in arbitral awards, saying the evidence is not new and submitting it violates court rules.
July 11, 2016
Russia's government slammed a request by former Yukos shareholders on Friday to pause briefing on its bid to get a D.C. federal judge to reject the shareholders' $50 billion arbitral awards, saying halting submissions would deprive the court of important facts and arguments.
July 01, 2016
Russia urged a D.C. federal judge on Friday to throw out a bid by shareholders of the defunct oil giant Yukos to confirm $50 billion in arbitral awards that a Dutch court recently annulled, saying U.S. law doesn't allow the shareholders to simply pause the case for several years while they appeal the Dutch decision.