Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin v. Ashot Yegiazaryan

  1. June 14, 2024

    Russian Businessman's Fight To Enforce $92M Award Ends

    A Russian businessman's decade-long fight to enforce a $92 million arbitral award — a dispute that spurred the U.S. Supreme Court to let him forge a new path to enforcing foreign arbitral awards — finally came to an end this week, as the parties inked a settlement on the eve of a racketeering trial.

  2. June 14, 2023

    Russian Ex-Pol Threatened With Jail For Unpaid $93M Award

    A former Russian lawmaker is being threatened with jail time by a California federal judge if he continues to evade court orders to pay a $93 million arbitration award to a former business partner and real estate investor who claims the lawmaker defrauded him.

  3. May 23, 2023

    Judge Doubles Sanctions On Russian For Ignoring $93M Award

    A federal judge has doubled the sanctions on a former Russian lawmaker who now lives in California for his continued efforts to evade a $93 million arbitral award to an erstwhile real estate partner.

  4. February 02, 2021

    Moscow Mall Shareholder Wants Ex-Biz Partner Locked Up

    Real estate investor Vitaly Smagin has asked a California federal judge to take a former Russian politician into federal custody if he does not comply with the court's orders by giving Smagin access to his $93 million arbitral award funds within seven days.

  5. April 16, 2020

    Ex-Russian Pol Won't Face Investor's 'Vague' Sanctions Bid

    A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected an ex parte bid by a real estate investor to hold a former Russian lawmaker in contempt for violating a court order that blocks him and his associates from transferring assets out of a Liechtenstein-based trust.

  6. April 10, 2020

    Russian Ex-Lawmaker In Contempt In $93M Fight, Court Told

    A real estate investor attempting to enforce a $93 million arbitral award has urged a California federal court to find the former Russian lawmaker who must pay it to be in contempt, saying he and his family have ignored a court order barring them from transferring assets out of a Liechtenstein-based trust.

  7. April 02, 2020

    Associates Can't Touch Assets In $93M Moscow Mall Fight

    A former Russian lawmaker, his family and attorneys cannot transfer assets out of a Liechtenstein-based trust and away from a real estate investor who holds a $93 million arbitral award against him, a California federal judge has said.

  8. March 06, 2019

    Investor Again Seeks $93M Award From Ex-Biz Partner's Trust

    A Russian real estate investor has asked a California federal court to once again order his former business partner to use funds hidden in a settlement trust to pay a $93 million arbitration award, saying the businessman has control over the trust after all.

  9. May 01, 2018

    Investor Can't Crack Bank Boxes For $93M Arbitral Award

    A real estate investor lost his bid to access two safety deposit boxes he said could help pay a more than $93 million international arbitration award he is owed by a former Russian lawmaker with whom he owned a mall, with a California federal judge holding that he didn't show good cause.

  10. November 02, 2017

    9th Circ. Halts Collection Of $93M In Russian Biz Row

    The Ninth Circuit has halted an order forcing a former Russian lawmaker to turn over Liechtenstein trust assets sought by his former business partner, at least temporarily putting on hold the enforcement of a $93 million arbitration award.