ECJ rejects appeals by Russian banks VTB & Vnesheconombank

European Court of Justice has dismissed appeals brought by VTB Bank and Vnesheconombank against the General Court’s judgments (here) upholding their inclusion in 2014 in the EU’s sanctions restricting the access of some Russian banks to EU capital markets. The judgments are here: VTB Bank C-729/18 P (25 June 2020, for whom Maya Lester QC acted), and Vnesheconombank C-731/18 P …