Gutseriev filed a lawsuit against the Council of the European Union in the EU court due to sanctions Sanctions

The EU against Belarus, which included the Russian billionaire, were introduced in June. Later, they were joined by five more countries that are not members of the union, as well as the United Kingdom Mikhail Gutseriev

Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev (60th in the Forbes ranking) filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg demanding that the EU sanctions imposed against him in connection with the situation in Belarus be declared illegal. Information about the lawsuit was published in the journal of the European Union.

There are three arguments in support of the claim.

The Council of the European Union made a clear mistake in its assessment, considering the criteria for including Gutseriev on the sanctions list satisfactory.

The council violated the applicant's fundamental rights, including the right to privacy, protection, property and freedom to conduct business.

Interpreting the listing criteria as implying any form of support or benefit is illegal.

RBC sent a request to the press service of Gutseriev's Safmar group.

On June 21, Mikhail Gutseriev came under EU sanctions against Belarus, imposed, among other things, in connection with the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk, on which Roman Protasevich, the former editor-in-chief of the opposition Nexta Telegram channel, flew. The EU Council explained the imposition of sanctions against the Russian businessman by the fact that he is a longtime friend of Alexander Lukashenko and, thanks to this, has influence in the political elite of Belarus.