Russian Supreme Court Chief Justice Igor Krasnov has moved to launch a corruption investigation into a judge. On Krasnov's instruction, the necessary documents were submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office to open a case against Oleg Marchenko, Deputy Chairman of the 16th Arbitration Court of Appeal.
The court's press service stated that the instruction was based on the identification of assets held by the judge and his family members that did not match their official income declarations.
The 16th Arbitration Court of Appeal, where Oleg Marchenko serves, is located in the city of Yessentuki. This court has jurisdiction to review decisions of arbitration courts in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Chechnya, and Stavropol Krai.