Continuing twists and turns around the Scandinavian dispute Ukrainian "Naftogaz" with the Russian "Gazprom". Just recently, it became known, that the Swedish court has once again sided with the Russian company. We are talking about the Swedish Court of Appeal District Svea, which upheld its verdict as recently.
The verdict Svea regards the suspension of execution of the Stockholm arbitration decision on the suit of "Naftogaz" to recover from "Gazprom" 2,56 billion. originally reported, that part of the "Gazprom" has already sent the "Naftogaz", However, this information did not find its confirmation.
As the press service of "Gazprom", Svea Court of Appeal acknowledged the arguments of lawyers "Naftogaz" bankrupt, It is making the Russian company's position stronger.
Recall, that the Ukrainian company is seeking Gazprom's frozen assets abroad. At the moment there is only a Commercial Court in London decided to follow in the footsteps of the Stockholm arbitration and announced the freezing of assets of Russian companies in the UK. However, based on the decision of Appeal Court Svea such decision, is said in "Gazprom" is contrary to legal norms.
Against this background, there are reports that, that the pipeline "North Stream 2" across the Baltic Sea and will begin to build without permission from Denmark. This is the so-called 'alternative route', which will take place outside the maritime economic zone of Denmark. known, that the construction of a new gas pipeline will start already this summer. Preparatory work on the land and on the seabed is already underway.
