The lawsuit of Ukraine’s Justice Ministry to recover Hr 705 million from owned by Rosneft oil refinery PJSC LINIK, as recourse in the lawsuit of Agrocomplex lost in the European Court of Human Rights does not involve politics, according to Deputy Director of the judicial work and bankruptcy department at the Justice Ministry Ihor Bahno.
“This issue does not involve politics at all. It has no political motivation whatsoever. It is based on significant legal grounds without bias. It is always necessary to be responsible for our debts, including debts to the state. So we are determined to prove our position and go to the end,” Bahno said at a briefing in Kharkiv on April 4.
Deputy Justice Minister Serhiy Shkliar, who also was present at the briefing, said that this is not the only lawsuit filed by Ukraine to recover funds as a recourse against claims lost in the European Court of Human Rights. Thus, the business court of Kyiv is hearing a claim to recover Hr 54.2 million from Kyivenergo, as a recourse under the Golden Mandarin Oil lawsuit; and the business court of Kyiv region is hearing a claim to recover Hr 176 million from the State Fiscal Service as a recourse under the lawsuit of the Irish company East/West Alliance Limited with an office in Ukraine.
Shkliar pointed out the complexity of the lawsuit to recover the funds from Rosneft’s LINIK.
“The lawsuit is very complicated. Therefore we repeatedly petitioned that it should be heard by a judicial panel (three judges). These petitions, unfortunately, were not satisfied,” he said.
Bahno said that the court also refused to satisfy the Justice Ministry’s petitions to take measures to secure the lawsuit (from the seizure of property and accounts to the ban on selling property).
“We will appeal against refusals to take measures to secure the lawsuit using the appellate and cassation procedures,” Bahno said.
