Mealey's ( July 17, 2025, 1:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russian Federation on July 16 filed an appellant brief to the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals urging it to reverse a finding of jurisdiction over it under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) in a joint petition by 11 Ukrainian companies seeking to confirm arbitral awards worth more than $34 million for the seizure of their assets in Crimea, writing that the ruling contradicts recent D.C. Circuit precedent....