🇷🇺 🇰🇿 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭: 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬' 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬. If the subject matter of the dispute arose from unilateral sanctions, a Russian court has exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute even if the claimant is a foreign person, the cassation court said in Case No. A40-27279/2026, in its decision dated 4 August 2026.

The cassation court disagreed with the lower courts, which had referred the parties to LCIA arbitration on the ground that the claimant, a Kazakh person, is not a sanctioned person. The cassation court did not take into account this criterion (whether the person is sanctioned), but instead considered whether the subject matter of the dispute arose from unilateral sanctions. As long as this criterion is met, the Russian court has jurisdiction over the dispute.

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