MOSCOW, December 8 (RAPSI) – Sberbank Factoring has filed a suit with the Moscow Commercial Court against NAO Ulmart within Ulmart group of companies seeking 435.3 million rubles (up to $7 million) in debt, according to court records.

Earlier, Sberbank Factoring has turned to a commercial court demanding pre-action remedies to be introduced with regard to the company saying it was planning to recover from it 1.5 billion rubles (almost $24 million) and was ready to file the respective claim before December 15. However, the court dismissed the petition for remedies.

Moreover, yet on December 5 Sberbank of Russia filed a claim seeking to recover 1.007 billion rubles (almost $16 million) from four firms within Ulmart group of companies with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Several other claims to Ulmart group of companies are currently reviewed by courts. Thus, the Baltiyskaya Electronic Trading Platform turned to the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region seeking a Ulmart’s structure Ulmart Regional Sales Company bankruptcy. The hearings are set to begin on December 20. As an injunctive relief in these bankruptcy proceedings, the court prohibited nine banks to carry out automatic transfers from a number of the debtor’s accounts.

Besides, yet in November a Russian businessman lodged with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region a bankruptcy claim against another firm within Ulmart group of companies, which is to be examined on December 15.

The group of companies Ulmart is the largest Russian private Internet holding focusing on e-commerce segment. The company’s distribution network consists of over 400 sales outlets across more than 240 Russian cities and towns.