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Ex-minister Ulyukaev may be released already in May-Interfax
The Tver court granted the petition for the parole of the ex-Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to the informed source. The official was convicted of receiving a bribe.
If the court decision is not appealed, then Ulyukaev will be able to leave the colony to leave the colony by mid -May, the agency’s interlocutor said.
According to the source, the prosecutor's office and the colony administration "were not against the parole of the minister, noted his good behavior."
- Alexei Ulyukaev was detained in November 2016 at the office of Rosneft, which is led by Igor Sechin close to Vladimir Putin. According to the investigation, Ulyukaev extorted $ 2 million from Sechin for a positive assessment of the transaction for the purchase of Rosneft Bashneft.
- In December 2017, Ulyukaev was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security colony, as well as a fine of more than 130 million rubles. The Minister did not plead guilty. He insisted that the criminal process against him was a provocation by Sechin and the FSB.