Moscow Court Freezes Galitsky’s Russian Real Estate in High-Value Divorce Case

Overview

• The Presnensky District Court ordered a freeze on properties with a cadastral value of 435 million rubles, with market value to be determined by a court-appointed appraisal.
• The order covers an apartment at Patriarch’s Ponds with two parking spaces, a cottage in the Millennium Park settlement, and a unit in the Turgenev club house with parking in central Moscow.
• The court refused to freeze bank accounts said by the plaintiff to hold billions of rubles, citing absent account details, which her lawyer disputes and says were provided.
• The property-division suit, filed in early October by Alia Galitskaya, is being heard in closed session as procedural steps continue.
• Alexander Galitsky has filed a counterclaim seeking to have the children live with him and to collect a share of his ex-wife’s income as alimony, while a prior California ruling set the children’s residence with the mother.