Overview
- Urlashov left Correctional Colony No. 1 in Tver on December 30, confirming his release in comments to TASS.
- He said he will not evade payment of the remaining fine and has been summoned by tax authorities after the holidays.
- In 2016 a court sentenced him to 12.5 years in a high-security colony and a 60 million ruble fine in a high-profile corruption case.
- The court found he and subordinates demanded 18 million rubles from a businessman tied to a municipal project, a charge he has consistently denied.
- His assistant Alexey Lopatin received seven years, former deputy mayor Dmitry Donskov was acquitted, and earlier requests for clemency and early release were rejected.