Overview

• The Ostankinsky Court continued hearing the Prosecutor General’s civil suit to seize assets allegedly tied to Viktor Momotov and businessman Andrey Marchenko.
• Proceedings went ahead in Momotov’s absence after his counsel said he remains in the hospital.
• A representative for Andrey Marchenko asked the court to deem inadmissible the testimony of an anonymized witness used by the prosecution, and the judge accepted the motion into the record.
• Prosecutors seek to transfer to the state assets valued at roughly 9 billion rubles, centered on the Marton hotel chain and allegedly held through affiliates, with Rosimushchestvo participating as a third party.
• Marchenko and his son remain in pretrial detention in Krasnodar on large-scale fraud charges and previously testified by video link, while past sessions featured three anonymous witnesses; TASS reports 95 properties are registered to the Marchenkos.