Asari Legal represented Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk in a dispute with Linde over the Amur Gas Processing Plant project

Asari Legal acted for the claimant in the case. The proceedings were conducted in closed court session. The claim was filed at the place where the damage occurred (as required by Article 247 of the Russian Commercial Procedure Code) and was registered by the court on 29 October 2024.

The dispute concerned the defendants’ joint and several tort liability for losses suffered by Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk as a result of two industrial accidents at the Amur Gas Processing Plant, one of Gazprom’s largest infrastructure projects and a key element in the system supplying gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline.

The project is strategically important to the Russian gas industry, and the case is one of the largest cross-border infrastructure and technology disputes in recent years. Kommersant Publishing House named the case as one of the most significant litigations of 2025.

Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk was represented by Asari Legal Partner Dmitry Kaysin, Counsel Vasily Bakumenko, and Trainee Advocate Anastasia Basova.