The Russian Ministry of Defence has filed a claim for RUB957.2 million (US$11.38 million) against Saint Petersburg-based shipbuilder Severnaya Verf in Moscow's Arbitration Court.
Russian news outlet Fontanka reported the claim on October 17, citing the SPARK business-information system and the court case register.
The publicly available court listing does not disclose the grounds of the dispute.
SPARK has classified the case as an economic dispute arising from civil legal relations.
State-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), which holds more than 85 per cent of the shipyard, declined to comment on the ministry's demands. The remaining stake is held by the Russian State through the federal property agency Rosimushchestvo.
Severnaya Verf builds the Russian Navy’s Project 22350 frigates and Project 20380 and 20385 corvettes, as well as civilian vessels including freezer longliners and trawler-processors.
In April, Saint Petersburg's Arbitration Court began considering separate claims totalling RUB24.2 billion (US$290 million) against the yard from companies belonging to local fishing group Norebo. Those claims concern missed construction deadlines for Project 170701 trawlers, with the customers alleging the delays deprived them of opportunities to use their fishing quotas.
The contracts for the 10 freezer trawlers were concluded between 2017 and 2019 under Russia's investment quota programme, and some were subsequently terminated.
The shipyard is also preparing a reconstruction of its facilities, which USC said in February would begin in the third quarter of 2026.
Andrey Kostin, chairman of the management board of VTB Bank, said in June that the programme would extend to 2031 and was provisionally valued at RUB200 to RUB300 billion (US$2.4 to US$3.6 billion).
