A court in Krasnodar confiscated the property and business of Aslan Trakhov and his son.

The Prosecutor General's Office's second claim for the confiscation of assets from former head of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and his son, former chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar, Rustem Trakhov, has been upheld.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in September 2025, the Volzhsky City Court, acting on a claim by the Prosecutor General's Office, converted the assets of former chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and his family, totaling over 13 billion rubles, to state revenue. The claim was initially filed in the Krasnodar District Court, but was later transferred to the Volgograd Region due to evidence of Trakhov's connections in the judicial systems of Kuban and Adygea. In December, the Prosecutor General's Office filed a second lawsuit to seize assets belonging to Aslan Trakhov, as well as his family members, legal entities, and entrepreneurs—a total of 44 defendants in the lawsuit. On January 14, it was announced that the appellate court upheld the decision to confiscate Aslan Trakhov's property in the first lawsuit.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar heard the Prosecutor General's Office's claim for the confiscation of property belonging to Aslan Trakhov's family and his close associates for state use. The defendants in the case, in addition to the Trakhovs, father and son, included 40 individuals and two legal entities.

In its claim, the Prosecutor General's Office stated that expensive real estate in Adygea, Kuban, and other regions, including Moscow, was registered to close relatives, trusted individuals, and subordinates of the Trakhovs, as they could not afford such purchases with their officially earned funds. The fictitious owners, according to the agency, also lacked the financial means to purchase these properties.

“Formal registration of real estate in the names of third parties eliminated the Trakhovs' obligation to declare these properties and information about the income received from their use and sale, as well as to report the sources of their capital,” the Joint Press Service of the Kuban Court Service noted in a statement.

The court granted the claims in full, confiscating eight mansions and nine apartments in Krasnodar, Maykop, and Moscow, 176 non-residential buildings and commercial premises, and 469 land plots from the defendants. In addition, they were ordered to pay 3 billion rubles in compensation from the sale of their previously owned property.

Several enterprises controlled by the Trakhov clan were also transferred to the state. These include three agricultural enterprises (JSC Maryinskoye, LLC Agro-Yug, and LLC Koloss, specializing in the cultivation of grain, cereal, and oilseed crops, respectively), a construction company (LLC Darstroy-Region), and a development organization (LLC Divo). The court's press service noted that the decision "is intended for immediate execution."

The civil forfeiture mechanism allows for the seizure of property from officials and judges even without establishing a crime, if the value of their assets cannot be explained by official income and there is no evidence of the legal acquisition of such property. In Russia, this instrument is applied selectively; such lawsuits are rarely filed against senior judges. Under such circumstances, these lawsuits serve more as a pressure factor than a fair legal mechanism, lawyer Timur Filippov told the "Caucasian Knot," commenting on the Prosecutor General's Office's demand to seize the assets of another Kuban justice official, Viktor Momotov, head of the Council of Judges.