Abramovich v Council
On appeal
- Court
- General Court of the European Union
- Case number
- T-313/22
- Filed
- 2022
- Parties
- Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich v Council of the European Union (Commission intervening)
Claims. Annulment of Council acts of 15 March 2022, 14 September 2022, 13 March 2023 and 13 April 2023 listing/maintaining him; damages (provisionally EUR 1,000,000).
Decision. Action dismissed on 20 December 2023; the Court found no error of assessment regarding his role in the Evraz group. Euronews reported on 8 April 2024 that he had appealed to the Court of Justice; case number and outcome not found.[1, 2, 3]
Abramovich v Council
Decided
- Court
- General Court of the European Union
- Case number
- T-1105/23
- Filed
- 2023
- Parties
- Roman Abramovich v Council of the European Union
Claims. Annulment of later acts maintaining the restrictive measures.
Decision. Action dismissed on 10 September 2025.[4]
Abramovich v Council
Decided
- Court
- General Court of the European Union
- Case number
- T-358/25
- Filed
- 2025
- Parties
- Roman Abramovich v Council of the European Union
Claims. Annulment of the renewal acts of 14 March 2025 (Decision (CFSP) 2025/528, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527) and 12 September 2025 (Decision (CFSP) 2025/1895, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1894), and compensation for non-material harm.
Decision. Action dismissed on 9 September 2026; the Court held the designation criteria objective, sufficiently precise and proportionate, and found the measures justified by his holdings in Evraz and Norilsk Nickel.[4, 5]
Berezovsky v Abramovich
Final
- Court
- High Court of England and Wales (Gloster J)
- Parties
- Boris Berezovsky v Roman Abramovich
Claims. Claims over an alleged interest in Sibneft (over US$5bn) and a RusAl shareholding allegedly held on trust (at least US$564m).
Decision. Both claims dismissed in their entirety on 31 August 2012.[6]
Judicial review of Attorney General of Jersey investigation decision
Final
- Court
- Royal Court of Jersey; Court of Appeal of Jersey; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Parties
- Roman Abramovich v HM Attorney General for Jersey
Claims. Challenge to the decision to start and continue a money laundering investigation.
Decision. Dismissed by the Royal Court (2024) and the Court of Appeal of Jersey (June 2025); permission to appeal to the Privy Council refused on 12 November 2025.[7, 8, 9]
Abramovich v United Kingdom (application)
Pending
- Court
- European Court of Human Rights
- Filed
- 2026
- Parties
- Roman Abramovich v United Kingdom
Claims. Alleges the Jersey Attorney General's investigation breached Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention; the United Kingdom is the respondent state.
Decision. No decision reported.[9, 10]
Sources
- Press release: Judgment in Case T-313/22 Abramovich v CouncilGeneral Court of the EU (CURIA), 2023-12-20, primary source
- Judgment of the General Court, Case T-313/22, Abramovich v Council (text)Official Journal copy via inforlex.pl, 2023-12-20, primary source
- Abramovich re-appeals Ukraine-linked EU sanctionsEuronews, 2024-04-08, secondary source
- Press release No 124/26: Judgment in Case T-358/25 Abramovich v CouncilGeneral Court of the EU (CURIA), 2026-09-09, primary source
- EU Court Rejects Abramovich's Latest Challenge to SanctionsThe Moscow Times, 2026-09-09, secondary source
- Berezovsky v AbramovichBrick Court Chambers, 2012-09-04, secondary source
- Probe of Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich to Continue After Jersey Court RulingOCCRP, 2025-11-23, secondary source
- Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich v His Majesty's Attorney General and another (Jersey) – JCPC/2025/0075Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 2025-11-12, primary source
- The Weekly Round-up: Abramovich ECHR claim...UK Human Rights Blog (1 Crown Office Row), 2026-04-27, secondary source
- Law Officers' Department remains tight-lipped on Abramovich caseJersey Evening Post, 2026-04-25, secondary source
Change history
- 2026-10-26 Record published.
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