The real intertesting parts:

a) salvage of space vehicles under Lloyd's standard contract is already established (remember that Hughes GEO satellite that didn't make it, but was cajoled up there in the end - that was a salvage claim, under Lloyd's standard contract, and a US satellite.

b) The governing law is that of Britain, and the court, the high court in London. No room for political appointees to the supreme court here!

c) for those who haven't yet read between the lines, "an appreciable fraction" is typically 70%+ of the value of vehicle plus cargo.

Now, I suspect that either Russia has signed away its salvage rights, or is too "gentlemanly" to claim them. But Hell, think of the "On" that is owed and the "face" that has been lost.

"""1960's Russian technology saves US from 2003 Egg-in-face"""