Mealey's (May 21, 2020, 4:38 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on April 22 held that a foreign arbitration award valued at $25 million that was obtained against the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic could be confirmed against the republic because the ministry is not entitled to the presumption that it is separate from the republic and, even if the presumption applied, the presumption was overcome because the ministry was the republic’s agent (Entes Industrial Plants, Construction and Erection Contracting Co. Inc. v. The Kyrgyz Republic, et al., No. 18-2228, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70803)....