The British trading firm has locked horns with Aviva in the Irish courts over alleged discrimination against its Russian founder. The dispute could wind up back at the WRC where it all started.
Allowances in sport for neutral athletes from Russia are opaque, undermining the enforcement of bans and sanctions and are making “political chess pieces” out of Irish athletes.
The US lifted sanctions against three people linked to the infamous spyware company but its Irish holding companies remain on the blacklist.
Timaero, which is linked to sanctioned Russian bank VEB, has issued legal proceedings against Boeing in Ireland, on top of its long-running US lawsuit against the aviation giant.
Parent company Pernod Ricard has faced backlash in the past over continued exports to Russia after the Ukraine war started but ceased all business there in 2023.
The liquidation of Pan JSC started in 2017 and has finally finished up. The company was financed by a bank which was recently embroiled in an international money-laundering crackdown.
Having bowed out of insurance litigation last May, CDB Aviation has been settling with insurers on its beached Russian assets. But one case that went the distance looks set to deliver a multi-million euro payout.
Over the past week, the EU, US and UK have sanctioned Rosneft and other oil industry players. Questions linger about the Russian energy firm’s remaining Irish subsidiary.
Ireland will hold firm on backing the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework despite the threat of retaliation by the US against countries that vote in favour.
The lessor has settled with Nordwind and a Russian insurer for €91m in a dispute over five aircraft that were stranded in Russia since the start of the Ukrainian war.
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