Aslan Trakhov has been stripped of his judicial immunity.

The panel of judges stripped the former chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea of ​​his status as a retired judge. Thus, Aslan Trakhov has also been stripped of the immunity that came with being a judge.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Aslan Trakhov headed the Supreme Court of Adygea since 1998. In 2019, Aslan Trakhov, upon reaching the retirement age, retired, after which the nominal owners of his assets began returning them to the former judge's family. During the trial, Aslan Trakhov and his son, Rustem Trakhov, admitted to using their official positions for personal gain to acquire these assets.

The High Qualification Collegium of Judges of Russia terminated the resignation of Aslan Trakhov, the Russian Agency for Legal and Judicial Information reported today. "Terminate the resignation of Judge Aslan Ismailovich Trakhov, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Adygea," the agency quoted Nikolai Timoshin, Chairman of the HQCJ, as saying.

After the Volzhsky City Court upheld the claim to seize 13 billion rubles worth of property belonging to Trakhov and his relatives, the court forwarded the materials to the HQCJ. These materials indicate that Aslan Trakhov failed to comply with the requirements and restrictions stipulated by the law "On the Status of Judges," illegally engaged in entrepreneurial activity, and acquired property with the proceeds of such activity, the agency writes.

Trakhov himself did not attend the hearing. The panel found the reasons for his absence to be invalid and considered the matter without his participation, the publication states.

The termination of Aslan Trakhov's status as a retired judge means the loss of his judicial immunity, Kommersant reports today.

As a reminder, in September 2025, Aslan Trakhov's son, Rustem Trakhov, submitted his resignation as a judge of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar, which was approved by the Qualification Panel of Judges.

A criminal case for fraud and money laundering has been opened against Susana Kobleva, who, according to media reports, is Aslan Trakhov's daughter. In early October 2025, Susana Kobleva was arrested, and her ex-husband, Kaplan, was also detained and charged with fraud.

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 against senior judges are rare and serve more as a pressure factor than a fair legal mechanism, lawyer Timur Filippov explained to the "Caucasian Knot" in September 2025.