Ukraine wants to establish in the Russian court the refusal of the Ministry of defence in the lawsuit

The arbitration court of Moscow appointed on October 12, the main hearing at the written request of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with the requirement to recognize in the Russian Federation the decision of Economic court of Kiev, which the Russian Ministry of defense was denied a claim for recovery from the Ukrainian authorities, More than 3 billion UAH (405, 5 million dollars at the exchange rate at the time of filing the claim).

As said on Wednesday Last news in the arbitration, the claimant asked to recognise and enforce on the territory of the Russian Federation the decision of the Kyiv court of 7 March 2014. Then the Economic court of Kiev has cancelled its decision before the decision requiring Ukraine to pay the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation about 3, 24 billion hryvnia (about 390 million dollars), to pay the debt of the Corporation "United energy systems of Ukraine" (eesu).

in 2012, Authorized the Ministry of defense of Russia has addressed in the Moscow arbitration court with the claim in which has demanded to collect from Ukraine 405, 5 million dollars (at the then exchange rate). The debt arose in the 2nd part of the 1990-ies, when led by Yulia Tymoshenko's UESU - the biggest in that time, the importer of Russian natural gas - has not made an agreement to supply products for the needs of the Russian defense Ministry. The government of Ukraine, which was Then headed by Pavlo Lazarenko, provided the Russian Federation state guarantees repayment of a debt. The court in Kiev in September 2012, decided in favor of Russia, but have reduced the recoverable amount from the 405, 5 million dollars to an estimated 390 million.

in March 2014, the Kyiv Economic court in the retrial of his new decision reversed the first decision in the lawsuit and the defense Ministry to the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Treasury of Ukraine on collection of More than 3 billion UAH completely failed. Moreover, the court decided to collect from the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation in the state budget of Ukraine 38, 67 million hryvnia (about 1, 7 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2012, the court ordered the state Treasury of Ukraine transferred to the account of the plaintiff.

The case against Tymoshenko on abuse in UESU, which she chaired in the 1990s years have been in the Kiev district court of Kharkiv on April 2012. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister was sentenced in 2011 to seven years in another case for abuse of authority during signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Ukraine's Parliament on February 22, 2014 to decriminalize the article of the Criminal code under which Tymoshenko was convicted. Ex-Prime Minister was released on the same day, 28 February the judge of the Kyiv district court of Kharkiv dismissed the Case under the criminal code against Tymoshenko about the machinations in UESU from-for absence of structure of lawlessness.


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