Vsevolod Kniaziev, former chairman of the Supreme Court and a suspect in a bribery case, was released from detention after paying Hr 18 million bail ($450,000) on Jan. 31. Kniaziev has been dismissed from his position as the court's chairman but can return to work as an ordinary judge at the Supreme Court because as he has not been formally suspended. The High Council of Justice said that it cannot suspend Kniaziev until prosecutors file a motion to suspend him.