Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with the European Court of Human Rights over military aggression against Ukraine. How informs The press service of the SCM company, owned by Akhmetov, asks the court in Strasbourg to take urgent measures against Russia and demands compensation for the damage caused by the blockade organized by the Russian Federation, looting, as well as the destruction and illegal redirection of flows of grain and metals.
“In addition to countless human suffering, the Russian invasion led to massive destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure. The bombing of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol by Russian artillery to destroy the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in this city was a violation of human rights for the entire international community. As the owner of Azovstal and many other industrial enterprises targeted by the Russian armed forces that invaded Ukraine, Mr. Akhmetov is doing everything possible to hold Russia accountable for the destruction it is wreaking on the territory of Ukraine,” SCM said in a statement.
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Akhmetov asked to give the case a priority status.
Among the companies and assets owned by Akhmetov is the Azovstal plant, which was seriously damaged during the shelling and bombing of Mariupol. Earlier, he estimated his losses due to the damage and destruction of Azovstal and the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works at $17-20 billion.
Formerly Akhmetov declared, which lost about $ 20 billion due to Russian aggression. In September 2021 Bloomberg appreciated the state of the oligarch in 10 billion dollars. According to the world ranking Forbesin 2021, Akhmetov ranked 327th among the richest people in the world with a capital of $ 7.6 billion and first in Ukraine.
Russian troops, as part of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, blocked access to Ukrainian Black Sea ports, from where they exported and stored grain, mainly wheat and corn. In early June, Moscow sent a group of five large landing ships there. At the same time, Vladimir Putin says that Russia is not to blame for the food crisis.
Moscow offers to unblock Ukrainian ports in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions. But the US and Britain said they would not make such concessions. Washington emphasizes separately: the restrictions do not affect the export of agricultural products and fertilizers from Russia, and therefore do not affect supplies.
Export of grain is an important source of income for the Ukrainian economy. Last year, the country earned $12.2 billion from it. Before the war, Ukraine shipped 98% of grain supplies by sea – up to 6 million tons per month. Now it is possible to export four times less. There is not much time left until the next harvest, and there is simply no place to store it.
Under what conditions, according to Kyiv, safe grain export is possible, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar told the Present Time:
