We’ll figure it out in the sling

The Ministry of Justice is working on the opportunity to appeal to the Constitutional Court on the issue of payments to former shareholders of the Yukos by decision of the ECHR. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the department.

"At present, the Ministry of Justice of Russia, together with competent state bodies, studies various options for further actions to protect national interests in connection with the adoption of an additional decision on the complaint of OJSC NK Yukos against Russia in 2014, the press service said.

On July 31, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights awarded the former shareholders of Yukos 1.86 billion euros as a compensation for their complaint against Russia, considered back in 2011. On December 16, a collegium of five judges of the ECHR refused to transfer to the Grand Chamber of the court a petition of Russia to revise this decision.

In March 2015, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe said that by June 15 the Russian government should develop a comprehensive plan for the implementation of the ECHR decision in the suit of the shareholders of the Yukos. The plan of the Russian government must contain a payment schedule mandatory for the country. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe called on the Russian authorities "to take all possible steps to comply with the schedule," as well as cooperate with the secretariat of the organization to develop a plan, including reporting progress in its implementation.

On June 15, 2015, the head of the Ministry of Justice, Alexander Konovalov, said that Russia is not obliged to comply with the recommendations of the Committee of the Council of Europe on the payment of compensation to ex-campaigns of Yukos, since the procedure for the forced execution of the ECHR decisions is not provided. So he commented on the statement of the CCS that Russia did not provide an action plan to pay compensation. According to the minister, these recommendations Russia will "only take note."

On July 14, 2015, the Constitutional Court stated that Russia, by exception , may deviate from the execution of obligations assigned to it , "if such a retreat is the only possible way to avoid violation of fundamental constitutional principles." At the same time, the KS confirmed that Russia remains in the jurisdiction of the ECHR. "Everyone has the right to apply to international courts for protecting their rights, and the Russian Federation is ready to execute ratified international treaties," the decision says.

On July 28, 2014, the arbitration court in the Hague satisfied the lawsuit of former shareholders of the Yukos NK Hulley Enterprises, Yukos Universal and Vetran Petroleum andordered Russia to pay them 50 billion dollars .

On April 20, the Gaaga District Court canceled the decision of the arbitration court. The Court of Appeal found that the competence of the arbitration did not include consideration of claims of this kind.

On July 18, the former shareholders of the Yukos appealed to the April decision of the Hague District Court , which canceled 50 millionth compensation from Russia. "We remain firmly in our intention to hold the Russian Federation accountable for the expropriation of Yukos," said Tim Osborn, the head of representing the interests of GML HML plaintiffs. He is sure that "the appeal will be successful."