The Moscow Arbitration Court ordered NK Yangpur JSC to pay 1.2 million rubles.
The Moscow Arbitration Court partially satisfied the petition from the Regional Territorial Directorate of the Federal Agency for State Property Management in the Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, reclaiming more than 1.2 million rubles (encompassing debt and associated penalties) from Moscow-based NK Yangpur JSC, a division of the Belarusian state enterprise Belorusneft Production Association.
Initially, the agency sought in excess of 13 million. Previously, the Directorate had effectively litigated against NK Yangpur to recoup a debt of 850 thousand and penalties amounting to 155 thousand rubles, with initial claims approximating 14 million.
At that time, the matter concerned the nullification of leasing agreements for wells numbered 422, 411, and 436, situated in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area within the Komsomolskaya Zone of the Izvestinsky license block. The accords were made for a five-year duration, and the properties were handed over to the firm for utilization according to the license.
The lessee was required to guarantee official registration of the contracts at their own expense, but neglected to accomplish this duty. The initial court upheld the stance of Yangpur NK, while the appeal court agreed with the Federal Agency for State Property Management. Subsequently, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the company’s request to present the appeal on points of law for review by the Judicial Board for Economic Disputes.
Simultaneously, disputes continue between the Directorate and the oil firms regarding the recovery of funds under agreements, as well as between Yangpur Oil Company and the Cypriot offshore firm Nikalma Holdings Limited. The original legal action against the Cypriots for 1.6 billion rubles was initiated in 2022 by Purneft LLC, which was formerly linked to entities associated with billionaire Leonid Mikhelson’s Novatek. Following various changes in ownership, Purneft was taken over by businessman Evgeny Burykin, and in 2021, by a Belarusian company.
Shortly following this event, Purneft initiated a suit against Nikalma Holdings Limited, with Yangpur Oil Company subsequently stepping in as the claimant. The legal proceedings related to the 2013 renewal agreement, and Rosfinmonitoring became involved. Presently, Nikalma Holdings Limited is registered as “Liquidated” in Cypriot records, and its director is registered as Evgeny Burykin, bearing the same name as Purneft’s previous proprietor.
