legal battles: Ever since, shareholders have been waging legal battles against Moscow, according to Russia Today. The new rulings in Belgium and France represent a fraction of the vast sums of money the former owners have been demanding from Russia, which run into tens of billions of euro.RT: Apparently the French authorities are joining Belgium in freezing Russian assets. Yukos, once Russia largest oil company, was broken up several years ago in a high-profile tax evasion case. Are they wholly within their rights What do you make of the timing Is there a connection with the International Economic Forum that underway in Russia Alexander Mercouris: The timing is very interesting because it just come the day after we received the information that the European sanctions against Russia are going to be extended. However these are essentially legal moves. So it may be that there is a political aspect in this and an attempt to put more pressure on Russia.
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