( March 4, 2026, 1:30 PM EST) -- LONDON — An English judge issued a ruling recognizing arbitral awards against the Russian Federation worth more than $50 billion in damages, reportedly worth more than 66 billion British pounds with interest, in favor of the former shareholders of an oil company whose assets in Russia were expropriated by the state in breach of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), but declined to recognize the tribunal’s award of more than $60 million in attorney fees based on Russia’s argument that the shareholders concealed documents from the tribunal....