3 billion dollars in favor of Ukraine: the British Supreme Court ruled on “Yanukovych’s debt”

The Supreme Court ruled that the case should be referred to a hearing in public, under full procedure. The case concerns the $3 billion Eurobonds issued in December 2013 as a result of Russian pressure. This is debated in the British Supreme Court ruling, writes today, March 14, Bloomberg.

“Russia now bears the burden of court evidence that threats against Ukraine did not affect Ukraine’s decision to issue Eurobonds, which it later used as one of its weapons against Ukraine. The Supreme Court noted that Ukraine would succeed if it failed in this case. It will be proven that Russian pressure played no role in the decision of .

The Russian side tried to persuade the English court by applying an abbreviated procedure, thereby avoiding a detailed examination of the English court’s actions.

“Ultimately, the Supreme Court rejected Russia’s request and rightly accepted that the Ukrainian defense line’s allegations of coercion can and should be examined appropriately by examining all evidence,” the Finance Ministry said.

The judges decided that Ukraine should be allowed to defend a compelling claim, but only to the extent that it was based on coercion due to the alleged threat of force from Russia.

Ukraine claims that as a result of Russia’s threat to issue Eurobonds and Russia’s aggressive actions, both economically and militarily, Ukraine was deprived of its right to vote, and Ukraine eventually made Eurobond agreements as a result of Russia’s forcing.

The Supreme Court at this stage did not take into account the facts of the illegal war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as the case of appeal “happened before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February 2022.” The Supreme Court noted that the further behavior of the Russian Federation cannot be ignored.

Recall, according to the statement made on March 13 by the former deputy of the “Party of Regions” Oleg Tsarev, Yanukovych was supposed to become the lifetime president of Ukraine and carry out his plan to separate the western regions.

Recall that Viktor Medvedchuk or Viktor Yanukovych was supposed to lead Ukraine after the capture of Kiev by the RF Armed Forces. According to journalists, the Kremlin did not think much about who would lead the occupied Ukraine, since all decisions would still be made in Moscow. According to their plan, 10 days after the start of the invasion, all the territory of the country was to be absorbed.

And on February 24, the FT edition wrote that in the first days of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Viktor Yanukovych should make a video message in which he will declare Viktor Medvedchuk the leader of Ukraine.