05:00, 12 July 2026

The case of Valery Sluka has reached the court.

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The Soviet District Court of Krasnodar will hear the case of former Sochi judge Valery Sluka, who is accused of exceeding his authority and issuing unjust decisions.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", at the end of January 2026, the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin initiated a criminal case against Valery Sluka, a retired judge of the Central District Court of Sochi. The case includes seven episodes related to the management of municipal land plots in Sochi. In September 2025, the Supreme Qualification Collegium of Judges approved the prosecution's request to initiate a criminal case against judge Valery Sluka, whose powers were terminated in 2023 due to legalization of illegal constructions. In February of this year, Sluka was arrested.

In 2023, more than 120 buildings in Sochi were recognized as illegal and subject to demolition. As a result, two judges of the Central District Court resigned, including Valery Sluka. The chairman of the court and another judge were stripped of their powers.

The criminal case against former Sochi judge Valery Sluka concerning seven episodes of exceeding official authority and issuing knowingly unjust decisions has reached the court, TASS reports on July 11.

The first hearing in Sluka's case is scheduled for July 14 at the Soviet District Court of Krasnodar.

The investigation is also looking into an episode related to the alleged receipt of a large bribe by Sluka. According to law enforcement, in July 2025, he received the first part of an illegal reward amounting to 25 million rubles through intermediaries from the former director of the Dagomys DRSU, Safarbiya Napso. The total amount of the bribe is 50 million rubles. The money, as claimed by the investigation, was given in exchange for a promise to consider the criminal case in a special manner and to ensure a sentence not involving actual imprisonment, informs "Yugopolis".

Recall that last year, Safarbiya Napso was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling property from the DRSU. This year, his accomplices were also sentenced to terms ranging from two to six and a half years in prison.

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Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/424865