VTB filed its lawsuit on April 17. The following day, JPMorgan Chase filed a lawsuit against the Russian lender in a US court to stop the seizure, seen as a violation of an agreement between the two banks to settle disputes in New York.

Lol do these guys actually think American laws mean anything after their assets were frozen?

what an incredibly tortured way of saying that Russia decided to reclaim its money that was illegally stolen by American banks.