Oligarchs from Russia and Belarus are massively challenging EU sanctions against them at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, BILD reports.. 61 lawsuits from individuals and companies included in the black lists are under consideration in the highest court of the EU.

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In particular, two oligarchs - Grigory Berezkin and Gennady Timchenko - demand compensation for the " Multibillionaire Berezkin claims that he " As compensation for non-pecuniary damage, he requested a symbolic one euro.

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Meanwhile, Timchenko, who lives in Switzerland, is the main shareholder of Bank Rossiya and a close friend of Vladimir Putin, with whom the president sometimes even plays hockey, is seeking a payment of 1 million euros.. He believes that the EU made a mistake in assessing his relationship with Putin.

The list of plaintiffs includes the former owner of the London Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich, as well as the head of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman. Abramovich, like Timchenko, demands 1 million euros "

If Abramovich's claim is satisfied, this amount will be sent to a charitable foundation he created with funds from the sale of Chelsea FC to help victims of the war..

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov also tried to get an exception from the sanctions list, but the European Court refused to satisfy his demands..