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EU Commission pledges to protect Belgium over Russian assets
Politico | 18-Nov-2025
Belgium fears that using the assets would leave it exposed to Russian legal action. This is a major concern for Belgium, which has a bilateral investment treaty with Russia, first signed in 1989.
keywords: Belgium , EU , geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Tribunal members named in €14bn Fridman claim against Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Times | 17-Nov-2025
No hearing date or location set in Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman’s arbitration case over assets frozen by the Grand Duchy’s government.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Un oligarque russe réclame 14 milliards d’euros au Luxembourg: un tribunal d’arbitrage constitué
virgule | 17-Nov-2025
Aucune date ni aucun lieu d’audience n’a cependant été fixé dans la procédure d’arbitrage du magnat russe Mikhail Fridman concernant les avoirs gelés par le gouvernement du Grand-Duché.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Russian oligarch launches €15bn lawsuit against Luxembourg
virgule | 19-Aug-2024
Mikhail Fridman files international arbitration case against Luxembourg after country froze his assets when he was hit by EU sanctions.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Un oligarque russe intente une action en justice contre le Luxembourg
virgule | 19-Aug-2024
Mikhail Fridman dépose une demande d’arbitrage international contre le Luxembourg après que le pays a gelé ses avoirs lorsqu’il a été frappé par les sanctions de l’UE.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Ukrhydroenergo has initiated investment arbitration proceedings against the Russian federation
Ukrhydroenergo | 7-Jun-2024
The company believes that initiating international arbitration process is the most promising way to compensate for the losses from the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , Ukraine
Russian firm escalates dispute with Canada over seized cargo plane
CBC | 21-Aug-2023
Owner of aircraft parked at Toronto’s airport invoking 1989 bilateral investment treaty.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , Ukraine
EU firms expected to flee Russia after Danone, Carlsberg raid
EU Observer | 20-Jul-2023
Russian president Vladimir Putin snatched control of Fortum’s assets. Fortnum will try to recoup its losses via international arbitration.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
How Chinese companies are challenging national security decisions that could delay 5G network rollout
The Conversation | 23-Jan-2023
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: China , geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Sweden , telecommunications , UK
Armed conflict and investment treaty arbitration
Farrer & Co | 16-Nov-2022
This article summarises the legal protections which may be available to investors in times of armed conflict under investment treaty arbitration.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security