Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Yevgeny Urlashov was 12.5 years in prison – RBC

The former mayor Yarslavlya Yevgeny Urlashov

Photo: Sergey Metelitsa / TASS

The former mayor Yevgeny Urlashov Yarslavlya sentenced to 12.5 years in colony. The court found him guilty of bribery. Assistant Urlashova Alexey Lopatin got seven years. The verdict was read three days

Kirov court of Yaroslavl on Wednesday, August 3, read out the last part of the sentence the former mayor of Yaroslavl Urlashovu Eugene, his assistant Alexey Lopatin and Deputy Mayor Dmitry Donskova. Urlashov collectively received 12 years and six months penal colony and a fine of 60 million rubles., Reports “RIA Novosti”, Lopatin, sentenced to seven years and Donskov was previously found not guilty.

The verdict was read three days Tuesday Urlashova court found guilty of accepting bribes from entrepreneurs at the head of the city. in addition to the ex-mayor guilty of bribery has been recognized by his advisor Lopatin. Both were found guilty on two counts.

Innocent court found the third person involved in the case Donskov. “State prosecutor did not present any evidence against Deputy Mayor Donskova”, – said Monday the judge (quoted by “Interfax”). Donskov said that if his acquittal is ready to return to politics.

Urlashov until the end of the process insisted on his innocence and even speaking with the last word, asked the court to understand the intricacies of his case.

A bribe to the mayor

Urlashov was arrested in July 2013 after working as mayor of Yaroslavl, just over a year. Shortly before his arrest, he said he would be a candidate for governor region.

The operation to arrest him pursued General Directorate of Economic Security (GUEB and PC), which later manual year itself was under investigation on charges of falsification evidence of provocation and organizations. Now the Moscow City Court hears the case manager GUEB and PC Denis Sugrobova and his subordinates.

First Urlashovu charged first in receiving “kickbacks” of $ 14 million. Rubles, and then a second bribe in the amount of 30 mln. Rubles.

 The first sum, according to the prosecution, the mayor demanded from the director of the company LLC “Radostroy” and a member of the party “United Russia” Sergei Shmelev. The money had to be back on the amount of the contract, which the firm Shmelev received for the work carried out on the garbage collection in the city, follows from the case.

The second trick, insists the prosecution, Urlashov allegedly demanded from the businessman Eduard Avdalyan allegedly for the transfer of a controlling stake in the construction of urban traffic management “Yardorstroy” whose director he was.

The very Urlashov repeatedly said during the hearings that he was innocent, and his case was fabricated in order to remove from the inconvenient mayor. “With me it was impossible to agree, and I decided to plant”, – said Urlashov at one of the Moscow City Court sessions, which extended his arrest. He insisted that the materials of the case there is evidence of wiretapping his talks and negotiations businessmen who support his position and convict businessmen in collusion and falsification.

said, and went out

Prior to the trial Urlashov detention in Moscow in the detention center, “Sailor’s silence” – the place of the investigation. His support were the opposition Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin, and requests the businessman Mikhail Prokhorov – the founder of a pariah “Civic Platform”, from which acted Urlashov

The trial of the former mayor began in September 2015 and lasted almost. . year

The main evidence the investigation began testimony of two other defendants in the case – businessman Andrei Zakharov and agency head of the municipal order of City Hall Maxim Poykalaynena. They have already pleaded guilty and have been convicted in a particular order. In December 2014 Poykalaynen was sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony, and in April 2015 the court announced the verdict Zakharov had appointed him a 1 year and 10 months. A month later – in April Zakharov he was released on parole. A Poykalaynena sentence was reduced to a year.

As a result of the case prosecutor asked to sentence Urlashova to 15 years in prison and a fine of half a billion rubles.

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