
The judge of the Basmanny Court of Moscow Natalia Dudar extended until July 3 the term of detention of the mayor of Yaroslavl Evgeny Urlashov, Rapsei reports. The judge satisfied the application of the investigation, leaving Urlashov until the end of the extended term of the investigation of the case, and only for a year.
According to the investigator, the investigation is of particular difficulty. About 30 examinations have already been conducted in the case, it is required to interrogate some more witnesses who are in different cities, for which they still need time. In addition, the investigation in the near future intends to charge the new episode of the criminal case.
In the defense of Urlashova, the leader of the Civil Platform party Irina Prokhorova, as well as actor Leonid Yarmolnik, politician Vladimir Milov and journalist Stanislav Kucher,. Urlashov himself reminded the court of the need for urgent medical care for the dentist due to the fact that he needs to change 17 temporary dental implants.
The day before, Urlashov sent a petition to the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin to the recharge of investigators who conduct his business. Urlashov is sure that investigators can be associated with a group of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in respect of whom a criminal case is now being investigated. Urlashov also asks to find out the circumstances and reasons for his detention
On Tuesday, the deputy head of the Guem-House of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major General Boris Kolesnikov, was detained as part of the investigation of the criminal case of "provocation of a bribe and abuse of authority" by employees of one of the GUEBIPK departments. The court chose him a measure of restraint in the form of arrest. "Urlashov is accused precisely of an attempt on a bribe. It was in his case that a group from the Kolesnikov division worked," the press service of the Civil Platform noted.
Urlashov also filed a second statement demanding to institute criminal proceedings for giving false testimony against one of the accused in the case. "According to Urlashov’s lawyers, the investigation uses one of the accused - Poikalinen (the only one who announced cooperation with the investigation) is to receive the necessary testimonies," the party’s press service notes. "
On Tuesday, the former head of the city hall for the municipal order, Maxim Poikalainen, unexpectedly demanded to leave Urlashov in custody, because, as he wrote in his testimony, his "apartment was thrown into eggs" and now he is afraid for his life if Urlashov is released from the pre -trial detention center.
On January 14, Urlashov turned to the president, the head of the presidential administration, the Prosecutor General and the head of the Investigative Committee with a request to change his preventive measure due to health problems . "The reasons for my request are as follows: at present there has been a situation requiring urgent surgery in order to provide me with medical care, namely conducting a complex dental operation," wrote Urlashov.
On December 25, the Moscow City Court confirmed the decision to extend Urlashov with the term of detention in the pre -trial detention center until March 3 . Thus, the appeal of the lawyers arrested for the November decision of the Basmann district court of the capital was rejected.
Meanwhile, in their complaint, lawyers indicated that Urlashov’s health worsened. The defense insisted on changing the conditions of the former mayor and his treatment. Urlashov has temporary dental implants, and within a month they need to be replaced, lawyers noticed with reference to doctors. Otherwise, the arrested may begin to infuse blood. The relevant medical certificates were attached.
Urlashov was detained by the police on July 2. Two criminal cases of attempting to receive a bribe were instituted against him. The investigation insists that the mayor of Yaroslavl and his subordinates from December 2012 to July 2, 2013 extorted a bribe of 45 million rubles from the entrepreneur from the amount transferred to the company at the expense of the work performed. In addition, according to investigators, in May 2013, Urlashov demanded a bribe from the entrepreneur for refusing the claims in the arbitration process in the city hall’s claim. According to Urlashov himself, a political provocation was committed against him.