Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov was detained last night for racketeering worth 45 million rubles, RIA Novosti reports.
Urlashov became the mayor in April and started racketeering a businessman responsible for the city’s sanitation. The mayor demanded a cut for the businessman’s winning the first tender worth 250 million rubles for half a year.
The businessman won the next tender worth 503 million rubles next year. Urlashov demanded 6% of the sum, 45 million rubles.
The mayor was caught red-handed with 14 million rubles of the sum.
