Russian court assumes jurisdiction even where Russian defendant confirmed no obstacles to justice in LCIA arbitration (Commercial Court of the Volga Circuit)
In Case No A12-22543/2022, the Commercial Court of the Volga Circuit confirmed its competence and jurisdiction over a dispute of its own initiative, applying article 248.1 of the Russian Arbitrazh Procedural Code (APC). This was even though the parties to the case were not sanctioned and the Russian defendant directly stated that it faces no […]