RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the press service of the court.
“The interim acting chairman will be the first deputy chairman of the court, Pyotr Serkov,” the court said.
It is noted that soon the Higher Qualification Board of Judges of Russia will announce an open vacancy for which everyone will be able to apply.
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev died in Moscow at the age of 80.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to his family and friends in connection with the death of Lebedev.