"Almaz-Antey" addressed to the German lawyers for representation in court of the European Union, which challenged the inclusion of the group in the sanctions lists of the EU, told reporters the head of the concern Yan Novikov.

"Our desire is" German legal partnership, " He said, answering the question Last news . He explained that administratively appealed to the General Secretariat of the EU with a request to provide information, on what basis the concern on the sanctions list.

Also filed a lawsuit in the international court of justice of the EU in Luxembourg to revoke the conclusion of the inclusion in these lists.

"Almaz-Antey" ended up in the sanctions list of the EU on 30 July 2014 as a manufacturer of defense systems. In the decision of the Council argued that the Russian authorities as if to put the militia in the East of Ukraine heavy weapons, which are used, for example, for the destruction of the aircraft, and " Almaz-Antey ", as a state enterprise, is responsible for the destabilization of Ukraine.

in the past year in the EU court has addressed other organization for which act of punishment of the European Union. Lawsuits filed, for example, Sberbank, Vnesheconombank and its Ukrainian "daughter" of " Prominvestbank ", " VTB ", " Gazprom Neft and Rosneft. According to the press service of the court process on the removal of punishment Usually takes two or even 3 years.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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