Overview
- TASS reports the Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges will meet on November 24–27 to consider granting consent for criminal proceedings against six named judges.
- The judges identified by TASS are Adam Voitlev, Olga Petrova, Mukhamed Tembotov, Valeria Tarasova, Karine Golikova, and Vyacheslav Kruglov.
- RIA Novosti, citing a source, says the VKKS session will start on December 24 and last several days, and that Supreme Court Chairman Igor Krasnov will take part.
- The VKKS is also set to consider consenting to pretrial detention for former Yurgomyshsky District Court chairman Valery Kozlov of Kurgan Oblast.
- In a related agenda item reported by TASS, the VKKS plans on November 27 to consider ending the retirement status of ex-Krasnodar Regional Court head Alexander Chernov, with a similar review for former Mordovia deputy court chief Alexey Lukshin; media accounts rely on unnamed sources and no official schedule has been published.