KIEV, Nov. 1 – Kiev's district administrative court has banned the Ukrainian government from making a decision to transfer a stake in the project to develop the Yuzivska field (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) to Yuzgaz B. V. (the Netherlands) as a safeguard measures under a claim of a nongovernmental organization, Nadra Yuzivska LLC Director Viktor Nazarkevych said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

"In the past month two claims from nongovernmental organizations appeared. One of them managed to receive a court ruling banning the government from making any decisions and taking any measures to transfer the stake to Yuzgaz B.V. until the main court case is heard," he said.