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KEY POINTS
- A Russian court sided with state-run lender VTB Bank in its efforts to recoup $439.5 million from JPMorgan Chase that VTB says the U.S. lender froze after the Ukraine invasion.
- The court ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan’s Russian accounts and “movable and immovable property,” including its stake of a Russian subsidiary, according to a filing published Wednesday.
- VTB had filed a suit last week in a St. Petersburg arbitration court seeking to be made whole for funds frozen in the U.S., asking for relief because JPMorgan has said it will exit Russia.