21/09/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 21 September, Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz and its six subsidiaries submitted a statement of claim to the Tribunal of the Court of Arbitration in the Hague seeking compensation of $5 billion for damage caused by the unlawful seizure of the group’s assets in Crimea by Russia following Russian annexation of the Ukrainian province that borders on the Black Sea. The Tribunal ruling is expected by the end of 2018. (EH)