On Wednesday, the British Supreme Court ruled in Ukraine’s favour in one of the longest-running legal disputes between Moscow and Kyiv, ordering a full London trial on Ukraine’s claim that it should not have to repay a decade-old $3bn loan it says the pro-Russian administration of then-President Viktor Yanukovych took out under pressure from Russia.
In the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and all the horrors resulting from it, a legal victory far away in Britain may appear minor….