chasidei chabad v russian federation the case involves the return of alleged texts belonging to judaica in possession of the russian government which could end up on the black market the u s courts have ordered russia to preserve and return the texts but moscow eventually withdrew from the case citing sovereign immunity as a result of the lawsuit the russian federation has cancelled loans to metropolitan museum of art in new york the national gallery in washington the j paul getty museum in los angeles and houston museum of natural science over the threat the artwork could be seized as reciprocity in june the justice department filed a notice it would not support the confiscation of russian artwork on loan as retaliation see agudas chasidei chabad of united states v russian federation agudas chasidei chabad of united states v russian federation u s to russia no artwork seizures in chabad case u s justice department may intervene in chabad russia feud over texts us judge orders russia to preserve chabad texts