The panel of judges announced a hearing on stripping Chernov of his judicial status.

The High Qualification Collegium of Judges will consider the issue of stripping the former head of the Kuban Regional Court, Alexander Chernov, of his status as a retired judge. The session will also consider a request for criminal prosecution of Judge Adam Voitlev of the Shovgenovsky District Court of the Republic of Adygea and Mukhamed Tembotov, a magistrate judge from Nalchik, on charges of bribery.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in August, at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, the court confiscated assets worth 13 billion rubles from the former chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court, Alexander Chernov.

On November 27, the High Qualification Collegium of Judges will consider the termination of the judgeship of retired former chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court, Alexander Chernov, who figured in the Momotov affair.

Chernov is currently in Cyprus and has no plans to return. His representative received a notification from the HQCJ, TASS reported.

A criminal case for corruption may be opened against Chernov, the agency reported, citing a source in law enforcement.

"According to the testimony of one of the witnesses, between 2017 and 2023, funds from her participation in the activities of Dmitrievskoye Agricultural Production Enterprise LLC were deposited into the bank account of his common-law wife, some of which were periodically delivered to Chernov and handed over to him personally at his house on Fedoseyev Street in Krasnodar. As was later established, the judge's official source of income was disproportionate to his expenses. If Chernov's resignation is terminated, the competent authorities may open a criminal case against him," the agency's source said.

The High Qualification Collegium of Judges also The High Qualification Qualification Commission (HQC) has published an addendum to the agenda for its next meeting, which will take place on November 24. During the meeting, the High Qualification Qualification Commission (HQC) will consider the Investigative Committee Chairman's submissions requesting permission to initiate criminal proceedings against three judges, Pravo.ru reports.

The investigation is requesting permission to prosecute Adam Voitlev, a judge of the Shovgenovsky District Court of the Republic of Adygea, for bribery (Part 6, Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Mukhamed Tembotov, former justice of the peace of judicial precinct No. 7 of the Nalchik judicial district of Kabardino-Balkaria, also faces criminal charges. He is suspected of five counts of bribery by an organized group and petty bribery.

As a reminder, the High Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation terminated the powers of Viktor Momotov, a judge of the Supreme Court of Russia and Chairman of the Council of Judges, on September 27, based on his resignation. Momotov resigned after becoming a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office for the seizure of property, some of which is located in the Southern Federal District. Momotov requested his resignation as head of the Council of Judges only on October 8, when the trial of the Prosecutor General's Office's lawsuit began in Moscow. On October 14, the court upheld the claim, ordering the seizure of the assets of Momotov and Kuban businessmen Andrei and Ivan Marchenko, both of whom were arrested in Krasnodar in September, for state benefit.

During the consideration of the claim to seize Momotov's assets, the prosecutor stated that Momotov's appointment to the post of Supreme Court judge was lobbied by the former chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court, Alexander Chernov, whose assets worth 13 billion rubles were confiscated in August. At the end of September, Chernov was charged with the seizure of the Dmitrievsky agricultural cooperative.