The Dutch High Court has decisively and irreversibly awarded the shareholders of Yukos a record amount of compensation for the theft of the company. This was not my battle.

I ceased to be a shareholder of Yukos in 2004. And I did not participate in the process for the well-known sum of 50 billion (more specifically, already 65 billion).

But this ruling is still important to me.

An independent, respected court that is recognised by Russia (the Russian regime agreed to take part in the process, which means it recognises the court’s jurisdiction) has established:

▸ Yukos engaged in lawful activity.

▸ The management and shareholders of Yukos are not a criminal group.

▸The company was seized and destroyed, not because of tax claims and not because of any legal violations, but for political reasons and for the sake of reprisal against a then-shareholder and head of the company.

So, in this regard, the ruling of the Dutch High Court is a personal victory for me, and a decisive end to all claims towards me from Putin’s ‘law enforcement.’

An independent court considered all of this based on the material evidence, including the issue of illegal privatization (and Russia’s lawyers presented all of this to the Dutch court) and ruled decisively: without substance and politically motivated.

I am grateful to all who spent 20 years of their lives on this process, and especially to my friend Leonid Nevzlin. This is the biggest hit the Putin regime has taken in the legal arena.