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19th Mar 2024

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Dutch court rules against Russia in €46bn Yukos case

Russia ought to pay back €46bn to former shareholders of the Yukos energy firm which it bankrupted in 2007 when its boss, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, tried to enter politics, a Dutch court of appeal ruled Tuesday. Dutch arbitration proceedings initially ruled against Russia in 2014, but the first verdict was overturned in 2016, before being reinstated Tuesday. The initial ruling saw Yukos' ex-owners try to seize Russian assets in EU states.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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