Turbines are spinning slowly

LLC "VE" Technopromesport ", which is building two power plants in the annexed Crimea, submits a counter claim for Siemens about the invalid part of the transaction on turbines. This is reported by Interfax.

The representative of the defendant to the question of the judge’s question about whether they object to the satisfaction of the Siemens claim, answered affirmatively and stated that they would like to file a counterclaim in TPE. What are the Contract Contracts of March 10, 2015, concluded between Siemens - Technologies of Gas Turbine and VE "Technopromesport", intends to challenge the defendant, is not reported.

The court announced a break in the consideration of the claim until October 18 to familiarize the plaintiffs with the oncoming requirements of the TPE.

On July 6, Reuters said that two of the four Turbines of Siemens - Gas Turbine Technologies, which, according to the contract, were supposed to be installed at the power plant under construction in Taman, arrived in the sea in Sevastopol . Siemens assured that "they would take operational measures to prevent illegal use of equipment." In particular, the concern promised not to participate in the installation of turbines and not to provide their warranty service.

On July 10, Siemens stated that they did not give consent to the supply of turbines for an annexed Ukrainian peninsula, and the technological andpromexport in the past few months has repeatedly confirmed in writing that the equipment would not get to Crimea. Meanwhile, on July 13, Reuters reported that objects were discovered on the ship moored in the port of Feodosia, which, in shape and sizes , resembling two other Siemens turbines .

Siemens filed to Siemens - Gas Turbine Technologies, LLC and OJSC Technopromesport in connection with the supply of turbines to Crimea . OJSC acted as a buyer of equipment, and LLC delivered it to the Crimea. a lawsuit filed in July. The concern insists on recognizing the transaction invalid using the appropriate consequences.

On July 12, the judge of the Moscow Arbitration Court Vladislav Sorokin left a lawsuit without movement, citing violations in the document. On August 18, after the submission of Siemens, the application for their elimination, the lawsuit was accepted for consideration. Immediately after that, Sorokin, without calling the parties, issued a decision to refuse to arrest turbines as an interim measure during the consideration of the claim. “The applicant’s arguments are alleged, indefinite,” said in the definition. “The applicant has not proved the need to take the interim measures that he asks for.”

On July 21, the German concern confirmed that all four turbines were delivered to the Crimea , intended according to the contract for the Taman power plant. In this regard, Siemens announced that he was leaving the capital of the joint venture "Interewomatics". It was "Interewomatics", said in the concern, reconstructed turbines in order to hide their origin, to circumvent the ban on the supply of equipment to the Crimea. In addition, Siemens said that he stops supplying the generating equipment to Russian firms, controlled by the state, terminating the relevant agreements.

On September 8, the Moscow Arbitration Court repeatedly denied Siemens to impose arresting gas turbine units in the Crimea. The company appealed to the court with a statement on the adoption of interim measures, due to the fact that the technopromesport has already begun the installation of equipment at the power plant under construction in Crimea.

On September 18, the court granted the request of Siemens of Gas Turbine Technologies to transfer from defendants to Soystsy . At the request of the defendants, the court transferred preliminary hearings to October 16. The defendants referred to the fact that on October 3, the cassation instance should consider recognizing the invalidity of the agreement on the supply of turbines as part of the bankruptcy of OJSC Technopromesport.

On August 4, the European Union imposed sanctions in connection with the supply of turbines to Crimea. The list was the deputy head of the Ministry of Energy Andrei Cherezov, the head of the department of this ministry, Yevgeny Grabchak and the director of Technopromexport LLC Sergey Toport-Gilka, as well as OJSC and LLC Technopromesport and Interewomatics.