[1][2][3][4] The dispute is related to amount of shares in parts of the holding possessed by former business partners Vitaly Orlov, Magnus Roth and Alexander Tugushev.

Before Tugushev's move to London in 2018,[18] he was arrested in absentia by Oktyabrsky District Court of Murmansk and put by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the international wanted list because of accusations of obtaining more than 40 million roubles (about USD 540 000) from a big Murmansk fishery supplier OOO (LLC) Vostok and its co-founder Alexander Sychev.

[19][13] After re-starting to work at Karat/Norebo as assistant to Orlov, Tugushev began to claim a part of the whole business which has been constantly growing in worldwide scale (Norebo's fish is nowadays particularly used by McDonald's[3]).

As part of these proceedings, Norebo office and the related persons were subjected to several police raids between 26 and 28 September 2018, in which large quantities of documents were collected.

[23] In 2016 a series of bargains between the holding's shareholders and related companies occurred that lead to full relocation of the shares worth $201 million of the co-owner Magnus Roth to the possession of Vitaly Orlov.

[13][31] In 2018 Tugushev relocated from Russia to the UK[18] where filed a claim against Orlov and Roth over third-part of Norebo (as Almor Atlanica's successor) to High Court of Justice.

[32][33][34] His ability to legally move to London is questioned because of his 6-year prison term and other criminal cases that would normally prevent him from receiving a British entry visa.

The Guardian reports[2] this was apparently made possible due to paid British lawyers who managed to prove to the UK Visas and Immigration office that his arrest was politically motivated.

They demand a compensation of 1.19 billion roubles for damage in business and reputation caused by Tugushev's Russian court claims of Almor Atlantica shares in 2018.

[39][40] Tugushev v. Orlov case is thought to continue a series of disputes in the High Court of Justice between the Russian businessmen for a business jointly established by them in the 1990s.

[43] In early 2020 it was disclosed by The Guardian, that Tugushev's London court campaign was reportedly financed and juridically organized by an English firm called 17Arm.

The company is related to UK's ex-foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind, politician Ken Macdonald "and other establishment figures".

The Guardian also cites the judge Sue Carr who described the whole London case "as a 'bitter battle' between two Russians that had generated a 'depressingly vast amount' of legal paperwork".

[44] Russian Novye Izvestia newspaper suggests[15] that there may be about "three layers" of groups of people supporting and financing Tugushev through 17Arm and some offshore structures.

[44] In the Novye Izvestia article, available in English language,[15] large number of persons is listed that may be interested of supporting Tugushev directly and indirectly.