The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has tossed out a trial court judgment ordering Russia to pay more than $175 million in accrued sanctions for alleged theft of religious property, ruling that the Russian Federation is immune from suit.
Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan in Tuesday’s opinion for the D.C. Circuit said the nonprofit Chabad religious corporation may not attempt to collect monetary sanctions from Russia under the “expropriation exception” to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
