The Federation Council approved three new judges of the Supreme Court
The Federation Council appointed Oleg Nefedov as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court – Chairman of the Civil Affairs Collegium, and Larisa Shelomanova, Eduard Kaminsky, Lyubov Besschasnaya – Judges of the Supreme Court.
The Federation Council appointed Oleg Nefedov as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court – Chairman of the Civil Affairs Collegium, and Larisa Shelomanova, Eduard Kaminsky, Lyubov Besschasnaya – Judges of the Supreme Court.
As the Chairman of the Supreme Court Igor Krasnov said at a meeting of the chamber, the quality of justice directly depends on the staff of the court. Candidates, he said, meet the highest professional requirements.
Oleg Nefedov replaced Yuri Glazov as chairman of the civil affairs board, whose resignation was accepted on September 21 by the High Qualification Collegium of Judges (HQCJ). Nefedov has the highest qualification class of a judge. He began his career as an investigator of the Leninsky District Prosecutor’s Office in Ulyanovsk. After he served as a judge of the Leninsky District Court, a judge of the Ulyanovsk Regional Court. In November 2017, he was appointed a Supreme Court justice. Since March of this year, he headed the disciplinary panel of the Supreme Court.
According to the law "On the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation", the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court - chairmen of the collegiums are appointed to the post by the Federation Council for a period of six years on the proposal of the President, which is based on the presentation of the head of the Supreme Court, subject to a positive opinion of the HQCS.
Nefedov considered the case of assigning LGBT (in Russia, the “international LGBT movement” is recognized as extremist and banned) extremist status, also made decisions on recognizing the “international Satanism movement” as an extremist organization and banning its activities on the territory of Russia and on removing the ruling Taliban movement in Afghanistan from the register of terrorist.
Judge Eduard Kaminsky served as Chairman of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan for administrative cases. He has the first qualification class of a judge, is a candidate of legal sciences, indicated on the website of the court.
Lyubov Beschasnaya worked as a judge for 22 years, after which she resigned from the Fifth Arbitration Court of Appeal in 2025.
Larisa Shelomanova began her work as a magistrate in Orel, after which she served as a judge of the Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Moscow.
