MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry is outraged by a Washington court ruling on imposing a fine on Russia for failing to comply with a 2010 court order on turning over a collection of books, manuscripts and other religious documents known as the Schneerson Library to the Chabad organization in the U.S.
"It is outrageous that a Washington court has taken this unprecedented step fraught with most serious consequences as the imposition of a fine on a sovereign state," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"We have stated repeatedly that this ruling is exterritorial in nature, goes against international law and is legally null and void," it said.