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JOINT STOCK COMPANY STATE SAVINGS BANK OF UKRAINE v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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August 17, 2026
Ukraine Bank Says Arbitrator Issue In $1.1B Suit Is Overstated
One of Ukraine's largest banks has urged a D.C. federal judge not to pause its lawsuit seeking to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against Russia, saying the country overstates a French court's doubts about the impartiality of one of the arbitrators in the dispute.
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August 17, 2026
Russia Faces Tough Questions In $1.1B Crimea Award Fight
A D.C. federal judge appeared unconvinced Monday that the Russian Federation could get an early out from a Ukrainian bank's suit to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award by claiming that the law of international armed conflict rendered expropriation protections in the nations' bilateral investment treaty toothless.
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July 22, 2026
Russia Cites Arbitrator Removal In Bid To Pause $1.1B Suit
Russia is urging a D.C. federal court to pause litigation filed by one of Ukraine's largest banks to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award, pointing to a French court decision questioning the impartiality of one of the arbitrators who co-authored an amicus brief critical of the Kremlin.
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June 08, 2026
Ukrainian Bank Says Russia Can't Dodge $1.1B Award Suit
A Ukrainian bank has asked a D.C. federal judge not to dismiss its suit to enforce a $1.1 billion arbitral award against Russia, saying that in the dispute over jurisdiction the court need only decide that a bilateral investment treaty between the parties is valid.
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May 11, 2026
DOJ Says Issue Preclusion 'May Apply' In Russia Cases
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.
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March 09, 2026
Trump Admin Wants More Time In Russia Award Fights
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.
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January 07, 2026
Russia, Ukraine Bank Dispute Issue-Preclusion Language
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.
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September 02, 2025
Russia Says Ukraine Bank's $1.1B Award Suit Must Be Nixed
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.
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December 02, 2024
Russia Looks To 4 FSIA Cases In Bid To Stay $5B Award Suit
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.
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September 18, 2024
Judge Wary Of 'Political Quagmire' In $1.1B Ukraine Bank Suit
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.