Russia Appoints Former CJI DY Chandrachud As Arbitrator In Ukraine Bank’s Investment Dispute

Fo me
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
DY
Cha d achud
has
bee
appoi ted
by
Russia
as
its
a bit ato
i
a
i vestme t
t eaty
case
filed
by
Uk ai e’s
state-ow ed
Oschadba k,
acco di g
to
a
epo t
by
Global
A bit atio
Review.

The
dispute
will
be
hea d
by
a
th ee-membe
a bit al
t ibu al
headed
by
Costa
Rica
a bit ato
a d
fo me
t ade
mi iste
Dyalá
Jimé ez.
She
was
chose
joi tly
by
both
Russia
a d
Oschadba k
to
se ve
as
the
t ibu al’s
p eside t.

The
thi d
membe
of
the
t ibu al
is
G eek
a bit ato
a d
Natio al
U ive sity
of
Si gapo e
p ofesso
Stav os
B ekoulakis,
who
was
omi ated
by
Oschadba k.

Dispute
Ove
Uk ai ia
Ba k’s
Assets

The
a bit atio
p oceedi gs
have
bee
b ought
u de
the
1998
bilate al
i vestme t
t eaty
betwee
Uk ai e
a d
Russia.

Oschadba k’s
claim
elates
to
assets
a d
busi ess
ope atio s
i
the
Do etsk,
Luha sk,
Khe so
a d
Zapo izhzhia
egio s.
The
Uk ai ia
ba k
has
alleged
that
it
lost
these
assets
followi g
Russia’s
milita y
actio s
i
Uk ai e,
pa ticula ly
afte
the
full-scale
i vasio
i
2022.
The
claim
is
epo tedly
valued
at
hu d eds
of
millio s
of
dolla s.

Oschadba k
is
u de stood
to
have
i itiated
the
a bit atio
afte
se di g
Russia
a
otice
of
dispute
i
July
2025.
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
the
otice
did
ot
eceive
a
espo se
f om
Moscow.

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