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Russia has not only threatened Europe through drone incursions and hybrid interference operations, but also in court. By exploiting old commercial treaties dating back to the end of the Cold War, Russian companies and oligarchs have multiplied arbitration proceedings to challenge the European Union's sanctions policy, posing an increasingly serious financial risk to member states.

This warning was issued by a coalition of European NGOs, including the Veblen Institute for Economic Reforms, Friends of the Earth Europe and PowerShift, in a report published on Tuesday, December 9 titled "Frozen Assets, Hot Claims: How Russian oligarchs and other investors sue over sanctions." These organizations estimate that at least $48 billion (€41 billion) has been claimed from the EU and its allies (the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Canada) in compensation for these sanctions – a minimum figure, as most of the 24 proceedings identified in the report have not disclosed the amounts sought.

After their villas, yachts and works of art were frozen following the invasion of Ukraine, several oligarchs have retaliated through legal proceedings, with varying degrees of success. In 2024, Piotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman won a case in the EU's court, which found their contribution to the war to be too indirect to justify the sanctions imposed on them.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just break the treaties.

Russia is insincere with everything they agree to.

Send weapons to Ukraine instead.

Yeah, fuck those treaties. What are they going to do, bitch on Russian TV about it?

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can't play by the rules when the opposition breaks those rules at every opportunity. Fuck Russia, take every penny from them. What, they will invade Europe otherwise? That already happened. Europe must use that money to arm itself and help Ukraine.