Russian oil Company Rosneft and businessman Arkady Rotenberg, who are under imposed by Western countries of punishment, filed in based in Luxembourg, the European court of claims against the European Council.
The claim from Rosneft entered by the court on 9 October 2014, two lawsuits from Rotenberg - 10 October. The essence of the complaints in the database is not disclosed, are only the names of the claims: " NK " Rosneft " and others V. Council and Rotenberg V. Board ' (2 lawsuits filed by Rotenberg, identical, differ only in suites), reports TASS. At the same time, RIA Novosti news Agency referring to the financial times informs that the company requires to cancel the decision of the European Council on July 31, imposed penalties on Russian oil and gas sector, and Rotenberg challenged the freezing of his assets and visa limits from the EU. From the search database " Official journal of the European Union ", which publishes the legislative and normative acts of the EU, it is necessary that the name Rotenberg and company name " Rosneft " for the last 5 years, there are only decisions of the European Council for the introduction of sanctions against the Russian physical and legal entities in connection with the crisis in Ukraine. First it was rumored that Rosneft is developing a legal strategy to battle with the punishment of the West in the courts of Europe and was hired for this purpose, the London company Zaiwalla

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