"The court has questioned all the witnesses and has fully studied the case materials... the parties will start pleadings on January 24" Timofei Gridnev said.
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court will later set a date to announce the final verdict into the case against the ex-nuclear minister.
Yevgeny Adamov, 69, has been accused of leading an organized criminal group that embezzled over 3 billion rubles (about $110 million) from the Russian budget, as well as other state enterprises and organizations, and could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The ex-minister denies the charges.
Adamov, who served from 1998 to 2001 as Russia's nuclear energy minister, was originally arrested in Switzerland in May 2005 at the request of the United States, where authorities had accused him of misappropriating $9 million given to Russia for nuclear safety projects. If convicted in the U.S., Adamov would have faced up to 60 years behind bars.
He was extradited to Russia in early 2006 to face charges but was released by the Russian Supreme Court on July 21, after a total of 15 months in prison, to await trial.
