The District Court of Nicosia imposed interim measures on a number of assets of Mechel and its main shareholder Igor Zyuzin at the request of Advalor-Consult, a minority shareholder of Kuzbassenergosbyt. Among them are 40% of preferred shares of Mechel itself. Advalor-Consult is trying to recover from Mechel €80 million of damage caused to Kuzbassenergosbyt as a result of intragroup transactions. The company owns 25% of Kuzbassenergosbyt, while Mechel owns 72%.