MOSCOW, June 26 – RAPSI. The Higher Judges' Qualifications Board approved Vyacheslav Lebedev, who currently chairs the Supreme Court, for the post of court chairman.

Valentin Kuznetsov, the board chairman, announced the decision on Tuesday.

The opening for the post of the Supreme Court chairman was announced in mid June since Lebedev’s term expires in February 2013. All 23 members of the board voted for Lebedev. The package of documents with the board’s recommendations will be submitted to the presidential personnel commission.