The Moscow Arbitration Court refused to impose an arrest on the turbines produced by German Siemens firms, which, bypassing the sanctions, were transported to the Crimea occupied by Russia.

Consideration of the claim of Siemens against the structures of the corporation ‘Rostekh’, which, according to the plaintiff, moved the turbines to the peninsula, is scheduled for September 18. In addition, the court refused to prohibit the installation of these turbines. Their arrest in the suit was indicated as an interim measure.

The claim of Siemens to the Rostekh structures was filed on July 11, 2017 and was still without motion. The German concern accuses the JSC ‘Foreign Economic Association Tekhnopromexport’ and LLC ‘Foreign Economic Association Tekhnopromexport’ in that they illegally relocated to the Crimea four gas turbines that were intended for the construction of a power plant in Taman and were produced at the joint venture of Siemens and ‘Machines’. In the suit, the German concern asks the court to recognize the deal on the delivery of turbines as invalid.

Siemens company has claimed about the termination of the supply of power equipment to all Russian state companies. Also it was reported in a statement of the German concern, that all four combined-cycle turbines for the Krasnodar Territory (which were supposed to remain in Taman), were ‘locally modified and illegally relocated’ to the Crimea in violation of the deal.

In its turn Kremlin said that turbines were produced in Russia. In addition, Tekhnopromexport was informed about the alleged modernization of turbines using Russian technologies.

Due to the situation with turbines that bypassed European sanctions were in the Crimea, the European Union introduced a new package of restrictions on three Russian companies and three individuals. This happened in early August. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the sanctions a violation of international norms and promised ‘response measures’.