Russian court seizes ex-police official's property in 5-billion-ruble crypto bribery case

On January 30, 2026, a Moscow district court ordered the confiscation of assets belonging to former Interior Ministry employee Georgy Satyukov, convicted of taking cryptocurrency bribes worth 5 billion rubles. The ruling comes as Russia advances legislation to classify digital assets as "monetary assets" and formalize their seizure under criminal law.