Overview

• The Ostankino District Court granted the General Prosecutor’s civil claim to confiscate assets from Viktor Momotov and business partner Andrey Marchenko, estimating the portfolio at roughly 9 billion rubles.
• The order covers 95 real estate properties and related holdings allegedly controlled through affiliates, with prosecutors seeking immediate enforceability to avert further use of the assets.
• Momotov appeared mid‑session after a hospital stay, denied involvement in Marton or links to criminal figures, and said his judicial earnings totaled 75–85 million rubles with only one non‑Moscow apartment and one car in his name.
• The defense moved to exclude testimony from protected witnesses and accused a key witness of bias, and it said it will discuss with Momotov whether to appeal the confiscation ruling.
• Separate actions continued in high‑profile cases as the Moscow City Court reduced influencer Elena Blinovskaya’s sentence to four years six months and denied a deferral request, and a court extended home arrest for Baza editor Gleb Trifonov.