[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

VSMPO-AVISMA recovered 651 million rubles for soil damage, 19 November 2021

The Arbitration Court of Sverdlovsk Region on Friday satisfied the claim of the Ural Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor to recover 651.6 million rubles from VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation for the damage caused to soils, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.

This amount was recovered in favor of the Urals Interregional Department for Nature Management. The court also decided to recover a state duty of RUB 200 thousand from the corporation in favor of the federal budget....

The company's representative in court disagreed with the claims.
"We believe that the claim cannot be satisfied. (...) To say that the corporation has committed any unlawful activity and caused harm is unfounded," said a representative of the defendant....