BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Almaz-Antey announced its decision to file a lawsuit last Friday.
According to the EU’s Court of Justice site, the lawsuit of Almaz-Antey against the EU Council was registered on May 19.
The EU Council made the decision to include the Concern in its ‘sanctioned lists’ on July 30, 2014. According to the Council’s reasoning, Almaz-Antey, as a Russian state-owned company, “contributes to the destabilization of Ukraine.”
The Russian government has repeatedly denied the allegations and underlined that Western sanctions, targeting the country’s defense, banking and finance sectors, threaten global stability.
The sanctions have already been appealed by other Russian companies, including Sberbank, VTB Bank, and Vneshekonombank as well as the oil companies Rosneft and Gazprom Neft.
