Improper proceedings against the oil company Yukos
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OAO Neftyanaya Kompaniya Yukos v Russian Federation (Appl. No. 14902/04)
Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (02/09/2021) in the case of OAO NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA YUKOS v. Russian Federation (Application No. 14902/04)
Documents from the 2017 briefing:
Memorandum of Piers Gardner, legal representative of Yukos
Case summary by the Council of Europe's Department for the Execution of Judgments
The case concerns violations concerning tax and enforcement proceedings brought against the applicant oil company, leading to its liquidation in 2007. In its judgment of 2012, the ECtHR ruled that it led to violations of a right to fair trial (Article 6) and a right to property (Article 1 of Protocol 1) and awarded the applicant a total of EUR 1,866,104,634 as pecuniary damages to be paid to Yukos shareholders.
The judgment requires the Russian Federation to prepare a distribution plan for paying the just satisfaction, but it has not done so. On 19 January 2017 the Russian Constitutional Court held that the judgment was incompatible with the Russian Constitution.