Protection of energy investments under the Russia-Ukraine bilateral investment treaty of 1998
Journal: Lex Portus
Year: 2018

Russian invasion into Ukraine, which resulted in annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol in 2014, has created a wide range of complex legal issues, in particular those related to protection of investments in the energy sector. A new government established by the Russian Federation in Crimea seized certain assets owned by Ukrainian legal entities on the Crimean Peninsula and further nationalized them without payment of any compensation. The most valuable energy