As reported by VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, the Prosecutor General's Office, acting in the interests of the Russian Federation, filed a motion with the Ostankino District Court of Moscow to lift the measures securing the claim against Viktor Momotov, former Chairman of the Council of Judges and former Supreme Court Justice of the Russian Federation; his criminal business partner from Krasnodar, Andrei Marchenko; and the latter's son, Ivan. The material was registered on November 11. The lifting of the asset freeze is necessary for their disposal.
On October 14, the court upheld the Prosecutor General's Office's anti-corruption lawsuit to seize 95 real estate properties worth a total of 9 billion rubles, including the Marton chain of business hotels, which provided intimate services to underage prostitutes. This entire business empire belonged to Marchenko and Momotov. The latter formally transferred the assets to his elderly mother. Ostankino Court Judge Olga Evteeva executed her decision immediately.
Father and son Marchenko were arrested in Krasnodar in September on charges of large-scale fraud. Yesterday, a court extended their pretrial detention. Marchenko Sr. appealed the Ostankino Court's decision to confiscate his assets. Momotov's appeal has not been filed with the court.
