Urlashov’s arrest was extended until August 3

The Moscow City Court extended the period of detention in the pre -trial detention center to the mayor of Yaroslavl Evgeny Urlashov until August 3, that is, only up to 2 years 1 month. This was reported by RAPSI. The investigator insisted on extending the arrest official; The prosecutor supported the petition.

Meanwhile, the defense sought the transfer of Urlashov under house arrest or release on bail. The mayor of Yaroslavl himself asked him to release him on his own recognizance. “The case fell apart, but the investigation does not want to recognize this,” he remarked.

Until this period, on Monday, the arrest of the two other defendants in the Urlashov case, Vice -mayor of Yaroslavl Dmitry Donskov and mayor adviser Andrei Lopatin, were extended.

Urlashov was detained on the night of July 3, 2013. Two cases of attempting to receive a bribe were initiated against him. The investigation states that the mayor and his subordinates from December 2012 to July 2, 2013 extorted a bribe from the entrepreneur in the amount of 45 million rubles from the amount transferred to the company at the expense of the work performed. In addition, it is argued that in May 2013, the mayor demanded a bribe from the entrepreneur for refusing the claims in the arbitration trial in the city hall.

In early June 2014, the TFR brought Urlashov the next bribery of bribery . According to the department, the mayor and his subordinates in 2012-2013 extorted 14 million rubles from the funds transferred to the enterprise to the work of the work performed. In addition, the TFR says, at the same time, Urlashov received 30 million rubles from the director of another company in exchange for a promise to realize the property of another enterprise in favor of this organization, the shareholder of which is the Yaroslavl City Hall.

In July 2014, it was stated that the investigation in the case of Urlashov was completed , and he began familiarization with the materials. Meanwhile, in court on Monday, the investigator said that some new audio recordings appeared in the case.

Urlashov, Donskov and Lopatin do not admit their guilt.

At the end of April, Svetlana Efimova, spokesman Urlashova, who, after the arrest of the official, is engaged in the information support of the trial, unknown people burned the house in the Yaroslavl region and the car in Moscow. At the same time, before setting fire to the car, the attackers shot at his front wheels. Efimova, in connection with these incidents, stated that "poses a threat to the trial as the main witness."