1,776 days. This is the exact time it took former ERC leader Marta Molina to recover the October 1st ballot box that stood in her dining room. She did so three weeks ago, when she went to the National Court to retrieve the belongings the Civil Guard seized during a search of her apartment as part of Operation Volhov, the alleged Russian plot behind the now-closed Trial. After spending two nights in jail and an investigation lasting four years, 10 months, and 11 days of "nightmares and unnecessary suffering," the former secretary of Social Movements for the Republicans posed for a photo op with the ballot box, happy, as she left the court on September 8. It hasn't been an easy road. Recovering it has been quite an odyssey.

The Supreme Court will not investigate former president and Junts leader Carles Puigdemont for the alleged Russian plot in the Trial. Judge Aguirre's latest attempt to refer the case regarding the Kremlin's alleged interference in Catalan politics to the highest Spanish court has been derailed after the judges archived the proceedings sent to them by the investigating judge. The reason? The Barcelona Court has already closed the case. and annulled Aguirre's actions since the summer of 2024. This includes the referral of part of the case to the Supreme Court by the investigating judge regarding the two suspects who have the status of members of Parliament (Carles Puigdemont and Francesc de Dalmases) who have immunity. "This chamber does not have jurisdiction to supervise or control the correctness of this decision [of the Barcelona Court], which was adopted by the judicial body competent to hear all appealable decisions of the investigating judge and which has become final," the judges of the Supreme Court's criminal chamber stated in the resolution, consulted by ARA. Therefore, Aguirre's request comes to nothing.