Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. Russian Federation, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2005-04/AA227
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Opinion on Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by Prof. Igor Lukashuk (not public)
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Expert Opinion on the Constitutional Legal Aspects of the Conclusion and Application of International Treaties of the Russian Federation by Prof. Suren Avakiyan (not public)
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Opinion on Certain Issues of Arbitrability by Prof. Alexey Kostin (not public)
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Legal Opinion by Prof. Andrey Lisitsyn-Svetlanov (on the meaning of "foreign investment" under Russian law) (not public)
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Opinion on the Issue of Possibility of a Shareholder’s Claims against Counter-Parties of the Joint-Stock Company in Connection with Damage Caused by the Latter to the Company by Prof. Yevgeny Sukhanov (not public)
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Opinion on Provisional Application of International Treaties according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation by Dr. Marat Baglay (not public)
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Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration: Jurisdiction Issues by Prof. James Crawford, SC (not public)
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Opinion concerning Arbitral Jurisdiction under the European Energy Charter Treaty with Respect to the Russian Federation in the Yukos Case by Prof. W. Michael Reisman (not public)
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Opinion concerning the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by the Russian Federation by Mr. Vladimir Gladyshev (not public)
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Expert Opinion on the Provisional Application of International Treaties in the Finnish Constitutional Law Context, especially with regard to the Energy Charter Treaty by Prof. Martti Koskenniemi (not public)
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Opinion concerning Provisional Application of Article 26 of the Energy Charter Treaty from an International and German Constitutional Law Perspective by Prof. Georg Nolte (not public)
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Report of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation by Deputy Minister S.V. Vasilyvev (not public)
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Legal Opinion on the Provisional Application of a Treaty under French Constitutional Law (Taking the Example of the Energy Charter Treaty) by Prof. Alain Pellet (not public)
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Witness Statement concerning the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by Mr. Anatoly Martynov (not public)
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Legal Opinion by Prof. Gerhard Hafner (not public)
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Opinion concerning the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by the Russian Federation by Prof. Angelika Nussberger (not public)
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Expert Witness Statement by Prof. Myron Nordquist (on provisional application of the compulsory dispute settlement provisions of the ECT by the Russian Federation) (not public)
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Expert Comments regarding Expert Opinion of V. Gladyshev dated June 29, 2006 by Prof. Suren Avakiyan (not public)
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Opinion Concerning the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by Mr. Sydney Fremantle (not public)
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Witness Statement by Mr. Stephen Knipler (on coverage of measures relating to taxation in ECT) (not public)
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Opinion on the Scope of the Term “Taxation Measures” in the Energy Charter Treaty by Prof. Daniel Berman (not public)
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Expert Witness Report by Prof. Stef van Weeghel (on entitlement to taxation benefits of the Cyprus-Russia double taxation convention) (not public)
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Second Opinion concerning the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty by the Russian Federation by Mr. Vladimir Gladyshev (not public)
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Further Opinion on Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration: Jurisdiction Issues by Prof. James Crawford (not public)
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First Expert Report of Professor H. David Rosenbloom (not public)
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Expert Report of Mr. Philip Baker QC (not public)
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Writ of Summons (not public)
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- Decision of the Belgian Constitutional Court on the Ability of Creditors to Seize the Assets of Foreign States (Dutch)
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