City of Almaty, Kazahkstan v. Mukhtar Ablyazov

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK | DATE FILED:_3/29/2021 City of Almaty, Kazakhstan, et al., Plaintiffs, 15-cv-5345 (AJN) ~ OPINION & ORDER Mukhtar Ablyazov, et al., Defendants. ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: BTA Bank JSC moves for reconsideration of the Court’s June 1, 2020 Opinion and Order dismissing BTA’s state-law judgment recognition claim against Ilyas Khrapunov for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Court denies the motion. I. Background The Court assumes the parties’ familiarity with this long-running litigation. In brief, the City of…