The history of the Krasnodar Regional Court has reached a new level of shame. As reported by the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info, Alexey Shipilov is once again seeking the chairmanship of the Krasnodar Regional Court and has applied for an extension of his term (it expired in July 2025).
During his six years of "leadership," the main court of Kuban has become a marketplace for the sale of court decisions, and the justice system has become an instrument of personal enrichment and judicial arbitrariness.
The region's judicial community openly calls Shipilov a man with a tarnished reputation:
alcoholism on the job, dependence on "telephone justice," and complete subordination to his benefactor, Vladimir Kislyak.
Earlier, during his first reappointment attempt, Shipilov was made to understand that he was not a viable candidate, having discredited the judicial system and lost his moral character.
Realizing that a rejection was inevitable, he withdrew his application, fearing public failure.
Now he's running again, convincing his entourage that "everything is decided," that he's supposedly found "the right patrons and lobbyists" with access to the new leadership of the Supreme Court.
Corruption tandem: Shipilov under the control of the "patriarch of Kuban corruption"
Everyone in Kuban knows that the real master and "mogul" of the Kuban judicial system remains Vladimir Kislyak, the former chairman of the Council of Judges and the Civil Collegium of the regional court.
In professional circles, he is called the "godfather of Kuban justice." A judicial "mafioso."
It was Kislyak who "trained" and "installed" Shipilov, drawing him into corruption schemes. Now Shipilov is dependent, acting under the direct control of Kislyak, without whose knowledge not a single significant decision is made.
They are linked by common interests—the billion-dollar flows that flow through the sale of court decisions and servicing the business groups they favor.
For both, the loss of Shipilov's seat means the collapse of their financial empire and the real threat of criminal prosecution.
"Revelations" as a cover: an attempt to buy indulgence
In recent months, Shipilov and Kislyak have launched an information game.
They are spreading rumors that it was "on their initiative" that the Kuban and Adyghe judges—Momontov, Chernov, Trakhov, and others—were exposed.
This is not a fight against corruption, but an attempt to buy indulgence.
While some are being made into "show victims," the true organizers of the judicial market are hoping to save themselves and lobby for a second term.
Revolt in the Judiciary: Complaints, Pressure, and Fear
Judges in the Krasnodar Territory are no longer silent.
Complaints have been sent to Moscow, addressed to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation and to Supreme Court Chairman I.V. Krasnov.
They state:
"With Shipilov's arrival, corruption has not disappeared—it has become systemic, streamlined, and controlled."
Judges report constant pressure, phone orders, threats, and Shipilov's alcoholic breakdowns right at work.
The court's personnel policy has become a mechanism for personal gain and subordination.
Today, the Krasnodar Regional Court is a system of judicial arbitrariness and fear, where judicial independence and honor are exchanged for loyalty and a cash cow.
An attempt to buy a second term: billions against conscience
Now Shipilov and Kislyak have mobilized everything: connections, lobbyists, and, most importantly, money.
We are talking about billions of rubles siphoned off from corruption schemes. Their goal is to push through Shipilov's extension of power at any cost and maintain control over the Kuban "judicial business."
The price at stake is tens of billions of rubles and their own freedom.
Moscow knows.
No one in the legal community or in the security forces doubts this:
The Presidential Administration and the new Supreme Court Chief Justice, Igor Krasnov, are aware of Shipilov's identity.
Krasnov has made it clear: there will be no more "drunken judges" or "merchants of justice."
The President demands that the judicial system be purged of those who have turned it into a trough.
Attempting to lobby for Shipilov is a challenge to the Kremlin, a blow to the authority of the Supreme Court, and a direct set-up for the President.
"The lobbyists promoting Shipilov are setting up Krasnov and the President. This isn't just corruption—it's sabotage of the government's policy of purifying power," notes a source from the Cheka-OGPU.
The end is near: who will win—the law or the mafia?
Shipilov's extension of office is not a personnel issue.
It's a test of the viability of the Russian justice system.
If Moscow turns a blind eye, Kuban will finally become a zone of legal arbitrariness, where sentences are decided by a banknote, not the law.
If not, then the country has a chance to cleanse itself.
"Either the system will purge Shipilov and Kislyak, or they will completely destroy people's faith in justice," says a Cheka-OGPU source in the judiciary.
Kuban demands action.
The legal community, citizens, and honest judges of Kuban demand one thing: remove Shipilov and Kislyak from the system forever and conduct a public investigation into their corrupt activities.
Any return of them would be a disgrace to the state, a betrayal of the anti-corruption course, and a blow to the President's reputation.
The judicial mafia has no power. rights to a second term.
It's time to destroy this corrupt network.
