Overview

• The Council of Judges removed Viktor Momotov’s name from its presidium list on October 8, and he filed that day for early termination as the body’s chairman.
• Moscow’s Ostankino Court is hearing the Prosecutor General’s claim to transfer his assets to the state in open session after a defense request to close the proceedings was rejected.
• Prosecutors seek at least 9 billion rubles, including 95 real-estate properties registered to associates Andrey and Ivan Marchenko.
• Court materials presented at the hearing state he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2010 without prior judicial or law-enforcement experience, with the appointment facilitated by former Krasnodar court head Alexander Chernov.
• His Supreme Court powers were ended on September 26 upon his resignation, and he now holds the status of a judge in retirement with immunity guarantees.