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Recognition and enforcement of Ukrainian judgments against the Russian Federation in the UK
This article examines the enforcement prospects of Ukrainian court judgments against the Russian Federation in the UK, following Ukraine’s 2022 Supreme Court ruling denying Russia immunity in tort claims related to its military aggression. It analyses key procedural obstacles under the Hague Convention 2019, the UK’s State Immunity Act 1978 and common law, including jurisdiction, service of process and public policy defences, highlighting the tension between sovereign immunity and international accountability.
6 MAY 2025Russia’s quest for financial independence through the use of digital assets, cryptocurrencies and digital currencies
The Russian Central Bank and its regulatory bodies, which were historically against all things crypto, took a co-ordinated U-turn shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Feburary 2022 and the imposition of unprecedented sanctions by the West - because they realised that cryptocurrencies and digital assets can be used the evade sanctions. Having been subject to widespread sanctions for over two years and effectively cut off from the international payment system (SWIFT), and largely shut out of Western's bank and bank accounts, Russia is trying to adjust the "new order" and its international isolation - both economically and financially. It is finding new ways to receive monies from the West for its raw materials and to trade independently of Westen banks and the US dollar, so that it can transact with both friendly and not so friendly countries on the premise that West cannot trace those transactions.
30 SEP 2024
