YUKOS CAPITAL LIMITED v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  1. 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. 

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. November 28, 2022

    Russia Aims To Keep $5B Arbitration Award Fight Alive

    Russia has asked a D.C. federal court to set aside a September default judgment affirming a $5 billion arbitral award in favor of Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm because the country was improperly served in the case and U.S. policy disfavors default judgments against foreign nations.

  10. September 27, 2022

    Russia Can't Escape $5B Award Fight, Yukos Unit Says

    The financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. is fighting back against Russia's efforts to persuade a D.C. federal court to toss litigation to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award against it, arguing Monday that the Kremlin waived its right to protest allegedly improper service in this case.