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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10678
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) belarus

Lithuanian court rules sanctioned oligarch to pay his lawyers

Brussels, 30/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 27 August the regional administrative court of Vilnius authorised the Belarusian oligarch, Vladimir Peftiev, an arms tycoon under European sanctions, to pay his lawyers' fees in Lithuania. On Peftiev's request, this court ordered the Lithuanian ministry of foreign affairs to reconsider its decision not to allow Peftiev to use his money to pay his lawyers, considering that the ministry did not analyse correctly if Peftiev can ask for an exemption from...