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A court has recognized the evidence gathered by the Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee based in Moscow sufficient to convict Maxim Poykalaynen. He was found guilty of crimes under part 3 of article 30, part 6 of article 290 of the RF Penal Code (attempted bribery on a very large scale).

The court and investigators have found out that in the period between December 2012 and July 2013 Poykalaynen serving as director of municipal state-controlled institution Municipal Housing and Communal Purchases Agency of Yaroslavl mayor’s office together with mayor Yevgeny Urlashov, his deputy Dmitry Donskov and advisor Alexey Lopatin and with participation of middleman Andrey Zakharov demanded 18 million rubles from CEO of a company for execution of a municipal contract on cleaning of town’s streets and cities in the second half of 2013. In case the CEO refused to pay a bribe the accomplices threatened to not to pay for the execution of the contract.

During the investigation Poykalaynen admitted to his guilt, concluded a cooperation deal with investigators and gave testified against his accomplices in the crime.

The court has sentenced Poykalaynen to 5 years to be served in a maximum-security penal colony and a fine of 18 million rubles.

Urlashov, Donskov and Lopatin are reading through the records of the case. The criminal case against Zakharov will soon be sent for the indictment to be approved and then to court to be tried on the merits.