Criminal corruption cases have been opened in St. Petersburg against two retired judges.

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, with the consent of the Higher Qualification Board of Judges of the Russian Federation, initiated criminal proceedings against two former judges of the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg. This was reported on April 14 in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

"Criminal cases have been initiated against Karine Golikova, retired judge of the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg, and Valery Tarasov, retired chairman of the same court," the publication says in the MAX messenger.

Retired judge Karine Golikova is suspected of taking a particularly large bribe (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The former chairman of the same court, Valery Tarasov, was charged with mediation in bribery (Part 4 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

According to investigators, in 2024-2025, Golikova received a bribe of 2.5 million rubles through Tarasov. For this money, she made a decision in favor of the plaintiff on the recovery of at least 300 million rubles from a commercial organization in a civil case that was in her possession. For mediation, Tarasov received a reward of 500 thousand rubles.

Investigative actions are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crimes and securing the evidence base.

Common grounds: criminal cases will be initiated against five Rostov judges

They are suspected of taking bribes and imposing unjust sentences.

On April 9, Igor Krasnov, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia, initiated a lawsuit against Anastasia Salandina, a judge of the Arbitration Court of the Ivanovo Region. The claim was based on the assets of her family members, which, according to the Supreme Court, do not correspond to the declared income.

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