Facts
[X.] Ltd. and [Y.] filed a complaint against the decision of the FSCA to grant Russia's request for legal assistance to obtain bank documents. The complainants argued that the criminal proceedings against [Y.] in Russia had been discontinued, thereby eliminating the basis for the request for legal assistance.
However, the SFT dismissed the complaint. It found that the decision to discontinue the criminal proceedings in Russia was not made by the competent judge, but rather by an investigating officer. This decision therefore did not constitute an obstacle to legal assistance under the IMAC. As long as the request for legal assistance had not been officially withdrawn, the Swiss authorities were required to execute it.
Furthermore, the SFT did not consider the complaint to be a "particularly significant case" that would justify a review by the SFT. The complainants had merely raised questions of the…