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The TopDisputes Atlas As of Oct 19, 2026

Cross-border disputes with a Russian element

Cases involving Russian companies, individuals and the Russian state before courts and tribunals around the world. For each case, in brief: what happened, where it is heard, what is at stake and why it is notable, with links to the materials.

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Cases
53
Jurisdictions
28
In dispute
≈$377B
Largest
€210B

Where the cases are heard Most cases first

Each case is marked in every country where it is heard. Select a country to see its cases in the table.

  1. United Kingdom12
  2. France5
  3. Luxembourg5
  4. Netherlands5
  5. China4
  6. Hong Kong4
  7. United States4
  8. Canada3
  9. Germany3
  10. India3
  11. Kazakhstan3
  12. Singapore3
  13. Switzerland3
  14. UAE3
  15. Belgium2
  16. Chile2
  17. Ireland2
  18. South Africa2
  19. Sweden2
  20. Austria1
  21. Cyprus1
  22. Ecuador1
  23. Finland1
  24. Italy1
  25. Norway1
  26. South Korea1
  27. Spain1
  28. Uzbekistan1

The cases

All 53 cases

Case Jurisdiction Forum At stake
Gazprom Export v. EngieWhether costs can be recovered personally from a sanctioned party’s lawyer Sweden, FranceArbitration
  • Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
  • Svea Court of Appeal
  • +1
 €3.4Mcosts awarded
Salinas v. SklyarovClaimants lose interim measures for extracting privileged information through a detective firm United KingdomLitigation
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • High Court of England and Wales
 $254M
Oleg and Irina Nasobin v. ItalyInvestment dispute with Italy over a confiscated painting claimed to be a Cellini self-portrait Italy, SwitzerlandStates
  • Investment arbitration under the 1996 Russia–Italy BIT
 €107M
Alexander Prosetsky v. Viktor Baransky and othersBeneficial owner of nominee-held shares cannot personally sue over the diverted tanker SingaporeLitigation
  • High Court of Singapore
 Undisclosed
Recognition of Swiss Arbitration Centre awards in UzbekistanUzbek court recognizes Swiss Arbitration Centre awards against a state oil and gas company Uzbekistan, Switzerland, CyprusArbitration
  • Swiss Arbitration Centre
  • Uzbek court
 Undisclosed
Servis-Terminal v. Valery DrelleAn unrecognized foreign judgment creates a debt in England sufficient for bankruptcy United KingdomEnforcement
  • Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • +1
 ₽2B
Oleg Burlakov estate disputeCourt finds surveillance of opponents’ meeting with lawyers unethical but not unlawful United KingdomLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
 $3B
Solar, DSK-Invest, and others v. Council of the EUInvestors challenge EU Council refusal to review how NSD sanctions affect their assets LuxembourgSanctions
  • General Court of the European Union
 Undisclosed
CLR v. UCTCourt orders buyout of shares held by RESO executives’ company, subject to sanctions compliance CanadaLitigation
  • Canadian court
 $250,000
Bank of Russia v. EuroclearConflict of jurisdictions over Bank of Russia’s judgment for about €200B against Euroclear BelgiumLitigation
  • Moscow Arbitrazh Court
  • Ninth Arbitrazh Court of Appeal
  • +1
 €200B
Gusar New Technologies v. Zhenis OperatingAIFC Court rejects Russian supplier’s reliance on sanctions as force majeure KazakhstanArbitration
  • AIFC International Arbitration Centre (IAC)
  • Court of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC Court)
 $1.8M
Emergofin B.V. and Velbay B.V. v. UkraineTribunal finds Ukraine’s sanctions against Russia-linked shareholders breach an investment protection agreement United StatesStates
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
 ~$1B
Filatona Trading and Oleg Deripaska v. Quinn EmanuelNorwich Pharmacal order requires Quinn Emanuel to disclose who obtained an allegedly forged report United KingdomLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
 $395M
Wintershall Dea v. RussiaMoscow court bars PCA arbitrators from proceeding on pain of a €7.5B fine UAE, NetherlandsStates
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
  • Moscow Arbitrazh Court
 €7.5B
Ukraine v. Russia (coastal state rights)UNCLOS tribunal rejected most of Ukraine’s claims and awarded no compensation NetherlandsStates
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
 No compensation
Telegram FZ LLC v. Union of IndiaTelegram challenges its blocking by the Indian authorities in the Delhi High Court IndiaStates
  • Delhi High Court
 Undisclosed
Mikhail Fridman v. LuxembourgMikhail Fridman’s investment claim against Luxembourg over his asset freeze under EU sanctions Luxembourg, Hong KongStates
  • Ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules, administered by HKIAC
 ~$16B
JPMorgan v. VTB BankEnglish courts shielded the JPMorgan group from VTB’s Article 248.1 claim in Russia United KingdomLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales
 ~€108M
Russian nickel producer v. Canadian bankHong Kong court rejected a Canadian bank’s sanctions objections to enforcing an LCIA award Hong Kong, CanadaArbitration
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
 €30M
Exequatur of Russian court judgments in ChileChile’s Supreme Court granted exequatur to a Russian judgment in an apartment lease dispute ChileEnforcement
  • Supreme Court of Chile
 Undisclosed
Sibuglemet Trading v. POSCOICC tribunal required the buyer to overcome sanctions risks and rejected force majeure Singapore, South KoreaArbitration
  • ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Moscow Arbitrazh Court
 $11M
Inter RAO v. CELECChilean court refused to set aside Inter RAO’s arbitral award against CELEC Chile, EcuadorArbitration
  • Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago)
  • Santiago Court of Appeals
 $45M
Alekseenko v. NorwayRussian investor sued Norway in a Russian court, citing the unavailability of arbitration NorwayStates
  • Arbitrazh Court of the Kursk Region
 Undisclosed
Google v. TV-Novosti, Tsargrad Media, and Orthodox Television FoundationEnglish court barred enforcement outside Russia of Russian penalty judgments against Google United Kingdom, IrelandLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
 $3.8 undecillion
Power Machines v. PetroVietnamSingapore courts partly set aside a SIAC award rejecting U.S. sanctions as force majeure SingaporeArbitration
  • Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
  • High Court of Singapore
  • +2
 $570M
OWH SE i.L. (VTB Europe) v. RUSAL and RTIRUSAL itself sought recognition of the LCIA award in Russia to resist enforcement abroad United Kingdom, Netherlands, IndiaArbitration
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Royal Court of Jersey
  • +5
 €214M
“Temporary” refusal to enforce an ICAC award in GermanyGerman court recognized an ICAC award but refused enforcement because of EU sanctions GermanyEnforcement
  • Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart
  • Federal Court of Justice of Germany
 €186,000
Insurance disputes over aircraft leased to RussiaLessors pursue insurers for more than 400 aircraft left in Russia United Kingdom, IrelandLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • +1
 £15B
National Settlement Depository v. Council of the EUWhether a sanctioned depository can defend its clients’ property rights before the EU courts LuxembourgSanctions
  • General Court of the European Union
  • Court of Justice of the European Union
 Undisclosed
Yukos Shareholders v. Russia$50B awards to former Yukos shareholders and the hurdles to enforcing them against Russia NetherlandsStates
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
  • Amsterdam Court of Appeal
  • +2
 $50B
Zhejiang Jiahe Textile Co., Ltd. v. Hua-Ren InternationalRussian cassation court sets aside recognition of a Chinese judgment over procedural defects ChinaEnforcement
  • Zhejiang Higher People’s Court
  • Arbitrazh Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
  • +1
 ¥21M
OMV v. Gazprom ExportEnforcing an award against Gazprom Export by setting it off against current payments FranceArbitration
  • ICC International Court of Arbitration
 €230M
Uniper v. Gazprom ExportTribunal awards Uniper over €13B despite a Russian court’s injunction Sweden, FranceArbitration
  • Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
  • Versailles Court of Appeal
 €13B
VTB Bank v. OWH SE i.L. (VTB Europe)Hong Kong court bars Article 248.1 proceedings and enforcement of the Russian judgment Hong KongLitigation
  • Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
 €112M
Forfeiture of the yachts M/Y Amadea and M/Y TangoFirst U.S. civil forfeitures of Russian billionaires’ superyachts and the question of true ownership United StatesLitigation
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • +1
 $390M
Bankruptcy Trustee of OOO Google v. GoogleTrustee of OOO Google obtains attachments of Google assets in South Africa and Europe South Africa, Belgium, France, SpainEnforcement
  • Belgian court
  • Supreme Court of South Africa
  • +2
 $113.4M
Naftogaz of Ukraine v. GazpromAIFC Court sets aside recognition of a $1.37B ICC award against Gazprom Kazakhstan, SwitzerlandArbitration
  • ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Court
 $1.37B
Naftogaz of Ukraine v. RussiaNaftogaz obtains attachments of Russian sovereign assets in the EU under an arbitral award Netherlands, France, Finland, AustriaStates
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague
  • Paris Judicial Court
  • +2
 $6.4B
Recognition of ICAC awards in Germany, Canada, and the UAERare cases of ICAC awards recognized abroad after 2022 despite sanctions Germany, Canada, UAEEnforcement
  • Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Kammergericht)
  • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  • +1
 Undisclosed
Harvest Time v. Daqiaofang Food Co., Ltd.Chinese court enforces a Russian judgment under the 1993 legal assistance treaty ChinaEnforcement
  • Chifeng Intermediate People’s Court, Inner Mongolia
 ₽20.2M
Aleksandr Grant v. AFB Trading One and Golden SphinxAuthenticity of Russian ad hoc arbitral awards challenged in a U.S. court United StatesEnforcement
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
 $2M
Airbus Canada v. Ilyushin Finance Co.Sanctions alone do not deprive a sanctioned party of access to LCIA arbitration United KingdomLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
 Undisclosed
Mongolrostsvetmet v. Xizhou (Shanghai) Technology Development Co., Ltd.Chinese court recognizes and enforces a Mongolian award for a Russian-Mongolian joint venture ChinaArbitration
  • Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court
 $235,000
Barclays v. VEB.RFEnglish court rejects VEB.RF’s argument that sanctions frustrated the arbitration agreement United KingdomLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
 Undisclosed
Linde, UniCredit, Deutsche Bank, and Commerzbank v. RusChemAllianceEnglish and Hong Kong courts restrain RusChemAlliance’s Article 248.1 proceedings in Russia United Kingdom, Hong Kong, GermanyLitigation
  • High Court of England and Wales
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • +3
 €260MDeutsche Bank’s claim against Linde
Bank of Russia v. European Parliament and Council of the European UnionBank of Russia challenges EU regulation on using its assets for a Ukraine loan LuxembourgSanctions
  • General Court of the European Union
 €90B
Bank of Russia v. Council of the European UnionBank of Russia seeks annulment of EU regulation indefinitely freezing Russian sovereign assets LuxembourgSanctions
  • General Court of the European Union
 €210B
Orthodox Television Foundation v. GoogleSouth African court attaches Google assets to enforce an Article 248.1 judgment South AfricaEnforcement
  • High Court of South Africa
 $5B
EuroChem North-West 2 v. Tecnimont S.p.A.Russian and English courts issue competing injunctions over an ICC arbitration India, United KingdomArbitration
  • High Court of England and Wales
  • Moscow Arbitrazh Court
  • +3
 $2.19Bover ₽171B
Agerratum v. Tasteway (Xiamen) Foods Co., Ltd.Chinese court recognizes and enforces an ICAC award for a Russian company ChinaEnforcement
  • Xiamen Intermediate People’s Court (Fujian Province)
 $110,000
Recognition of a Russian court judgment in the UAEFirst known UAE recognition of a Russian judgment without a legal assistance treaty UAEEnforcement
  • Dubai Courts
 Undisclosed
Satoriagricultural Consultancy and Projects Management v. T&R Productions LLCU.S. court enforces an ICAC award despite sanctions on the former creditor United StatesEnforcement
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
 $14M
RusChemAlliance v. LindeKazakh courts refuse to recognize an Article 248.1 judgment against Linde KazakhstanEnforcement
  • Arbitrazh Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
  • Courts of Kazakhstan
 €1B

Amounts are approximate and come from public sources. The total in dispute is converted to U.S. dollars at rough rates, counts related claims over the same assets once, and leaves symbolic figures out.

About the atlas As of Oct 19, 2026

Lawyers compiled the atlas from public sources: court judgments and arbitral awards, the parties’ filings and the legal press. The editors check and update the cases by hand, without automated monitoring. Nothing here is legal advice. The Russian edition is the original.

AuthorsRoman BuzkoAlexander Usynin

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