Yevgeny Robertovich Urlashov (russian: Евгений Робертович Урлашов) was mayor of the city of

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

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, from April 2012 to July 2013.

Biography

Urlashov was born on 16 July 1967 in Yaroslavl. From 1985 until 1987 he served in a fire-fighting unit of the

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. In 1998 Urlashov graduated from the law faculty of

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with a degree in jurisprudence. He began his career at Krasny Mayak factory in 1985.Новый мэр Евгений Урлашов — кто он?
''Комсомольская правда'' During 2008–2011 he was a member of

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political party. On 1 April 2012 Urlashov was elected Mayor of

, running as an independent candidate. He took office on 11 April 2012. On 3 July 2013 Urlashov was detained by police on charges of bribery extortion. On 18 July he was suspended from his post pending the conclusion of the court case. He maintains that the corruption case against him was trumped up to end his political career. Urlashov was officially removed from office on 20 January 2017, when his -year sentence came into effect.Once Russian Opposition’s Hope, Ex-Yaroslavl Mayor Gets Lengthy Jail Sentence
/ref> He is expected to be released in the mid-2020s.

References

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