Overview

• The Federation Council approved Igor Krasnov as Supreme Court chairman, voting 160–0 after a VKKS unanimous recommendation for a six‑year term.
• President Vladimir Putin signed a decree releasing Krasnov from the prosecutor general post due to his judicial appointment.
• Putin appointed Alexander Gutsan as prosecutor general by decree after the Federation Council formally recorded consultations on his nomination.
• Gutsan previously served as deputy prosecutor general from 2007 to 2018 and since 2018 as presidential envoy to the North‑West Federal District.
• The upper house’s opening autumn session also considered denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture alongside other agenda items.