( November 12, 2026, 1:59 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge denied the Russian Federation’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by a Ukrainian bank which is seeking to enforce a French court’s judgment declining to annul a Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal’s award against Russia worth more than $1 billion for seizing the bank’s assets in Crimea, rejecting Russia’s arguments based on improper venue and its alternative request to transfer to the District of Columbia, where the bank’s separate petition to confirm the same award is pending....