The Investigative Committee has opened a case against three judges from Stavropol Krai.
The main defendant is Mikhail Khripunov, the former deputy chairman of the Stavropol Regional Court, who is accused by investigators of accepting a bribe. Artem Sergeev, the former deputy chairman of the Nevinnomyssk City Court, and Timur Nabokov, a former judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Stavropol, are accused of being intermediaries in the bribery.