The Russian company ARK Technic filed a second multimillion-dollar lawsuit against entities of the Cuban state aviation, just a month after appearing in the same court to claim another 541 million rubles from Cubana de Aviación and the Cuban Aviation Corporation S.A. (CACSA), equivalent to about 6.2 million dollars.
The new claim, filed on September 4th with the Moscow Arbitration Court, seeks to recover over 188 million rubles from the Cuban Aviation Import Company (Aviaimport S.A.) and the Cuban Aviation Corporation (CACSA), as reported by the Russian agency PRIME, citing judicial materials reviewed by RIA Novosti.
Until September 11, the claim had not yet been accepted for processing, and the grounds for the complaint had not been disclosed, making it unclear which contracts, services, or possible breaches gave rise to this new litigation.
The new legal action comes just over a month after ARK Technic filed another lawsuit on August 3rd against Cubana de Aviación and CACSA for approximately 541 million rubles.
In that initial proceeding, the Russian company also requested that the court take action against the assets of the Cuban entities to satisfy the claim. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 28, according to the court materials reviewed by RIA Novosti.
The two claims from ARK Technic amount to approximately 729 million rubles, equivalent to about 8.65 million dollars at the current exchange rate, although they are two separate proceedings with different defendants. CACSA appears in both lawsuits, while the first claim includes Cubana de Aviación and the second involves Aviaimport.
For now, there are no public elements that allow us to determine whether the two lawsuits stem from the same contractual origin. In the case of the new claim, Russian judicial authorities have not disclosed the reasons supporting the demand for over 188 million rubles.
ARK Technic is based in Voronezh and is primarily engaged in the repair and maintenance of aircraft. According to data from BIR-Analytics cited by the Russian press, its revenue in 2025 exceeded 550 million rubles.
The company has maintained commercial relations with the Cuban aerospace sector for years. CACSA previously confirmed the signing of agreements with ARK Technic aimed at the supply of spare parts, the repair of components, the presence of Russian specialists in Cuba, and the technical inspection of aircraft to restore their operational capacity.
The second lawsuit thus expands on the issues faced by Cuban companies with one of their Russian partners at a time when the island's state aviation is experiencing a significant reduction in its operational fleet and largely depends on foreign technical assistance and components to keep its aircraft in service.
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