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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| Joint Stock Company State Savings Bank of Ukraine (a/k/a JSC Oschadbank), Petitioner, v. The Russian Federation, Respondent. |
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:23-cv-00764 (ACR) |
NOTICE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S REJECTION OF SERVICE
The Russian Federation (“RF”) hereby submits this Notice with respect to RF's objection to and rejection of attempted service upon it in this case. As set forth in Diplomatic Note #299, November 15, 2023, Exhibit A, the RF objected and returned service documents to the U.S. Department of State on the grounds that service on its Embassy contravenes the means by which the RF agreed to accept service, including under paragraph IV of the RF's Declaration on the Hague Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters of 1965, through diplomatic channels by notes verbale of diplomatic missions of foreign states accredited in the RF on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow. See Ex. A. Service on the RF's Embassy is contrary to the United States of America's treaty obligations and customary international law.
Dated: December 5, 2023
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