In Yaroslavl today, is expected to announce the sentence to the former mayor Eugene Urlashovu – Ekho Moskvy radio station

He was found guilty of accepting bribes from businessmen.

During the debate prosecutor demanded to sentence the ex-official to 15 years in prison and impose a fine – 500 million rubles. Also Urlashova, life threatens his adviser Alexey Lopatin. The third person involved in the case, former deputy mayor Dmitry Donskoy, found not guilty. Reading began on the eve of the verdict in the Kirov district court of Yaroslavl. During the announcement of the verdict took care physicians mother Eugenia Urlashova – developed heart problems. According to investigators, the accused demanded that the heads of local firms to pay tens of millions of rubles kickbacks from contracts for road maintenance and garbage collection.

Eugene Urlashov himself has repeatedly declared his innocence and argued that the case against him was fabricated – to remove from the “inconvenient mayor.” At a meeting he said: “With me it was impossible to agree, and I decided to plant.” Businessmen, according Urlashova, colluded to help the investigation to falsify the case materials.

Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov was elected four years ago. One of the symbols of his campaign was the slogan “Against the crooks and thieves!”.