THE English High Court has ordered Russian state-owned oil pipeline company Transneft to adjourn its legal proceedings in a Moscow court.

The oil company is facing a $14bn (£11bn) lawsuit in London after Russian tycoon Ziyavudin Magomedov launched the case last year against it, DP World and Russian state-owned agencies.

Magomedov launched the legal action after his holdings in valuable port operators were seized as part of what he claims is a state-backed conspiracy.

He is currently in prison after he was arrested in Russia and sentenced to 19 years in prison on embezzlement charges and had numerous assets frozen.

Mr Justice Foxton explained that the application was an "anti-antisuit injunction", which is intended to prevent the defendants from pursuing anti-suit injunctive relief which they seek in Moscow.

His lawyer Simon Bushell said: "Magomedov's only hope of justice is the continued pursuit of his UK High Court claims."

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