Overview

• The Krasnodar Regional Court rejected Andrey Marchenko’s appeal and left him in custody until November 18, 2025.
• Marchenko was remanded by Krasnodar’s Oktabrsky District Court on September 20 on suspicion of fraud on a particularly large scale.
• His son, Ivan Marchenko, is also under arrest on counts that include large-scale fraud and money laundering.
• Law enforcement placed 35 Marton hotels under arrest orders or other securing measures in Moscow, Krasnodar, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, and Volgograd.
• The Prosecutor General’s Office filed a civil claim to seize at least 9 billion rubles in assets linked to former Supreme Court judge Viktor Momotov, including 95 properties registered to Andrey and Ivan Marchenko, and alleges he controlled the hotel chain through affiliated persons.