Beleaguered shareholders of Yukos could scarcely have imagined when they launched arbitration in 2005 they would one day be awarded $50 billion in damages – nor that the ruling would be released into the febrile atmosphere that exists between Russia and the west today.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Pro-Russian supporters hold Russian and Soviet flags during a rally in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, some 40 km from the Russian frontier, on March 16, 2014. 6 000 protesters held a \"meeting-referendum\" to ask for more independence and reclaim the \"sovereignty\" of the Russian language, on the day Crimean voted to join Russian rule and break away from Ukraine. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI BOBOK
