Rosimushchestvo is evicting Rustem Trakhov from his confiscated property through the courts.

The son of former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, continues to occupy the properties confiscated from him. Rosimushchestvo is asking the court to compel Rustem Trakhov to vacate the property and collect payment for the use of the seized assets.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in March, the Fourth Cassation Court in Krasnodar upheld lower court decisions to confiscate property belonging to former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and his relatives, worth over five billion rubles. According to the prosecutor's office, Trakhov registered land plots and houses in the names of his wife's father, wife, and son. Trakhov's daughter purchased 68 properties for 520 million rubles—apartments, houses, and land plots in Maykop, Krasnodar, and Novorossiysk. 27 of them were subsequently sold.

The Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Krasnodar transferred the case of Rustem Trakhov's eviction from property confiscated by the state to the Volzhsky City Court.

The lawsuit against Rustem Trakhov was filed by the Federal Agency for State Property Management. According to the agency, the former chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar "failed to vacate the confiscated properties and continued to use them."

The agency's claim was initially submitted to the Maykop District Court of Adygea. The cassation court changed the territorial jurisdiction of the civil case "to ensure an impartial and objective review," according to a statement on the court's official Telegram channel.

In its claim, Rosimushchestvo demands that Rustem Trakhov be compelled to release the confiscated properties from him and to collect payment from him "for the actual use of property subject to transfer to state revenue," the statement notes.

Aslan Trakhov headed the Supreme Court of Adygea since 1998. In 2019, Aslan Trakhov, upon reaching the age limit, resigned from his post as Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, after which the nominal owners of his assets began returning them to the former judge's family. During the trial, Aslan and Rustem Trakhov admitted to using their official positions for personal gain to acquire the aforementioned assets.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that Rustem Trakhov served as the chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar from 2018 to 2024, after which he returned to his duties as a regular judge. In October 2025, following the confiscation of the Trakhovs' assets following the Prosecutor General's Office's first lawsuit, the Qualification Collegium of Judges of Krasnodar Krai approved the resignation of Rustem Trakhov as a judge.

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 tool is used selectively; such lawsuits are rarely brought against high-ranking judges, lawyer Timur Filippov told the "Caucasian Knot" in commenting on the Prosecutor General's Office's demand to seize the assets of another representative of the Kuban justice system, the head of the Council of Judges, Viktor Momotov.