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Oschadbank initiates new international arbitration proceedings against the Russian federation over seized assets in four regions of Ukraine
20-Apr-2026 Oschadbank
Oschadbank has suffered the loss of substantial assets and operations in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia Regions due to Russia’s illegal conduct.
Podcast | How Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine in wartime
1-Apr-2026 Follow The Money
In the midst of war, Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine – not in Moscow or Kyiv, but through European trade treaties and arbitration courts in Washington.
India, Russia working on free trade deal: What’s on agenda?
20-Mar-2026 NewsBytes
India and Russia are working on a free trade agreement, Sergey Glazyev, the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said.
Pakistan advances PTA with Eurasian Economic Union and $1 billion Russia trade deal
6-Mar-2026 Times of Islamabad
Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi has announced the imminent launch of negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation.
Putin ratifies investment protection pact with Myanmar junta
27-Feb-2026 The Irrawaddy
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a bilateral agreement with Myanmar’s junta to promote and protect bilateral investments, further deepening ties between the two regimes across the military, economic and political fronts.
Billionaire former Russian oligarch seeks $350 million from Canada at international tribunal
9-Feb-2026 National Post
Igor Makarov has already waged two unsuccessful Canadian court battles in an attempt to be removed from the sanctions list over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Next round of Russia trade talks by Feb-end, India to focus on reduction of non-tariff measures
21-Jan-2026 The Print
India’s negotiating team is expected to travel to Russia at the end of February after the Union Budget 2026 for the next round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Suleiman Kerimov’s daughter initiated proceedings against Switzerland
16-Jan-2026 Izvestia
Gulnara, the daughter of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, initiated the first ever investment dispute against Switzerland over sanctions.
Denmark’s Rockwool says Russia has seized four of its factories
14-Jan-2026 Reuters
The company added that it will defend its legal rights under the bilateral investment treaty between the countries.
Frozen assets, hot claims: How Russian oligarchs and other investors sue over sanctions
9-Dec-2025 European Trade Justice Coalition
Economic sanctions against Russia are now being challenged by Russian oligarchs and companies in private tribunals using a mechanism written into investment treaties.
India-Russia talks focus on free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
8-Dec-2025 ANI News
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
2-Dec-2025 Global Times
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
1-Dec-2025 The Guardian
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’
20-Nov-2025 Global Justice Now
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
18-Nov-2025 Politico
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
17-Nov-2025 Financial Express
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
17-Nov-2025 The Luxembourg Times
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
5-Nov-2025 Freshfields
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
5-Nov-2025 AP
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
29-Oct-2025 Russia’s Pivot to Asia
The reference to infrastructure construction suggests that Chinese participation as part of its Belt & Road Initiative projects and investments into Russia will increase.