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Kyiv Economic Court of Appeals has suspended the consideration of an appeal against a ruling by Kyiv Economic Court obliging the Ukrainian government to pay over Hr 3.1 billion (about $390 million) of the debt of the UESU Corporation to the Russian Defense Ministry pending the investigation of a criminal case into the issue by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

Presiding Judge Viktor Shapran announced this decision at a meeting
on Monday, Oct. 22. The court made this decision in response to a relevant
request by the Cabinet of Ministers submitted on October 19.

According to the government’s representative, Andriy Bogdan, the
investigation department of the SBU is holding an inquiry into a
criminal case into the same events. In his words, they need the
information from the SBU about the status of the investigation for a
comprehensive consideration of the case and Kyiv Economic Court of
Appeals has to suspend the proceedings until all the circumstances are
clarified.