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document gave no information on the nature of the claim and
neither of the two lenders replied to a request for comment. The
court is yet to start processing the lawsuit filed on Nov. 20.
Russian Agricultural Bank, the main financial intermediary for
Russian food and fertiliser exports, has been hit by Western
sanctions and disconnected from the SWIFT international payment
system.
While trying to salvage a deal that allowed grains to be safely
exported from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, the United Nations
earlier this year arranged for JP Morgan to operate a special
payments link with the Russian bank. However, the arrangement
stopped working in August in the weeks after the grain deal
finally collapsed.
Russian banks have also filed dozens of lawsuits against Western
financial intermediaries over funds frozen due to sanctions.
(Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov)
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