May 11, 2026
The Trump administration told federal judges in Washington, D.C., on Friday that as far as it's concerned, they can consider decisions by foreign courts in cases involving jurisdictional questions under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as they weigh whether to enforce billions of dollars' worth of arbitral awards against Russia.
March 09, 2026
The government has asked a Washington federal judge for additional time to submit its position on questions about jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in a case where ex-Yukos Oil shareholders are seeking to enforce about $50 billion in arbitral awards against Russia.
January 07, 2026
Russia and a Ukrainian bank, in their yearslong dispute over enforcement of a $1.1 billion arbitral award, are now butting heads over phrasing a D.C. federal judge should use to ask the United States when a U.S. court should stop parties from relitigating an issue.
September 02, 2025
Russia is urging a D.C. federal court to toss litigation filed by one of Ukraine's largest banks to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against it, arguing that it has sovereign immunity since its alleged seizure of the bank's assets took place during an international armed conflict.
December 02, 2024
Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases are pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit that could affect the suit.
September 18, 2024
A Ukrainian bank and Russia agreed Wednesday to pause litigation that seeks to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against the Russian government amid efforts to annul the award in France, reaching the deal after a federal judge in Washington expressed concerns about the "thorny political issues" inherent in the case.
August 14, 2024
A Ukrainian bank looking to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against Russia has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to consider a decision issued last week by the D.C. Circuit rejecting Nigeria's sovereign immunity defense in another litigation over an arbitral award.
July 03, 2024
A Ukrainian bank is challenging the Russian Federation's bid to stay litigation to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin pending efforts to annul the award in France, saying Russia's argument involves a string of contingencies that a D.C. federal judge should not entertain.
May 30, 2024
Russia has asked a D.C. federal court to pause a case initiated by one of Ukraine's largest banks to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, saying it has renewed its efforts to annul the award before the French courts.
March 22, 2023
One of Ukraine's largest banks is asking a court in Washington, D.C., to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award it won against Russia in 2018 after the country expropriated its Crimean assets, saying it still remains unpaid.