After Russia snatched the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Kiev the new authorities installed by Moscow set about taking over one of Ukraine´s largest banks as well as shipyards and hotels.
The state lender has now fired back by filing a massive claim with a court in The Hague — one of multiple cases being fought by Kiev on a new legal front as a war with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country drags on.
The various lawsuits add up to tens of billions of dollars and may take months or years to resolve.
But the ex-Soviet state is certain …read more
Source: The News International
