Rostec firms file counter-claim vs Siemens over Crimean turbines

MOSCOW, Oct 16 (PRIME) -- A representative of Russian industrial holding Rostec’s unit Technopromexport LLC on Monday put a counter-claim against Germany’s Siemens over turbines delivered to Crimea.

Technopromexport LLC has asked the Moscow Arbitration Court to void a contract on delivery of turbines signed by Siemens’ unit Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies and Technopromexport PJSC in March 2015.

Siemens said in July that all the four turbines meant to be used on a Russian power plant on the Taman Peninsula were illegally shipped to Crimea, forcing the company to cancel its licensing agreements to sell power equipment to Russian firms and suspend the current agreements with state-run companies. Later, Siemens filed a claim against Rostec’s companies seeking to void a delivery contract.

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