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Russia fights Ukraine over “Yanukovych debt”
By 9 September, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Russia fights Ukraine over “Yanukovych debt”

The slowly developing Russia-Ukraine $3 billion sovereign debt dispute got a sudden new development when, at the end of July 2016, Russia requested the London High Court make an expedited ruling on the dispute. Following that, on 8 September 2016, the High Court scheduled the hearings for the dispute for 17-20 January 2017. The debt The history of this […]

Posted in: Commercial Arbitration, Public International Law
Public Policy in Russia and India – Which State is More Arbitration-Friendly?
By 8 November, 2011 0 Comments Read More →

Public Policy in Russia and India – Which State is More Arbitration-Friendly?

The highest judicial authorities of India and Russia recently considered two cases involving the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards where they had to deal with the concept of ordre public. Both states are perceived as arbitration-hostile jurisdictions, however, their approaches in analysing the identical issue were quite different. In Phulchand Exports Ltd. v OOO Patriot (2011) the […]

Posted in: Commercial Arbitration