Overview

• A voice-altered witness told the Ostankino court that Viktor Momotov helped hotelier Andrey Marchenko arrange a fake transport of humanitarian cargo to the SVO zone.
• The witness said Momotov introduced Marchenko through contacts in Chechnya to secure an SVO placement and documents stating he carried humanitarian goods.
• According to the testimony, Marchenko continued living in Krasnodar and made only brief trips to the operational zone, sometimes not appearing there for months.
• The court also ordered the arrest of property belonging to Alexey Oleynik, a Marton hotels builder who testified he worked for Marchenko and described business splitting and forced licensing under his sole proprietorship.
• Prosecutors are pursuing civil forfeiture of assets valued at about 9 billion rubles that they say Momotov controlled through affiliates, while Marchenko and his son remain jailed in Krasnodar on large-scale fraud charges.