Alexander Donskoy

Alexander Donskoy ( _ru. Александр Донской) is the mayor of the Northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk.Alexander Donskoy. [http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/64/00.html Investigators require that I resign office] Retrieved on 2007-11-24.] He was the first Russian politician of national recognition who proclaimed intentions to run for the presidency in 2008.Elena Larionova. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/euroarctic/amnessida.asp?programID=2460&Nyheter=0&grupp=2587&artikel=1488437 Archangelsk mayor is arrested] Retrieved on 2007-11-24.] Factiva Public Figures & Associates. [http://factiva.com/pfa/newsletter/August%2007.htm Top Stories: PEPs, corruption & money laundering] Retrieved on 2007-11-24.] After announcing his intentions in 2006, he was arrested in July 2007 following charges of economic crimes and abuse of office. He was released in March 2008 after receiving a sentence of 3 years on probation. [ [http://svobodanews.ru/Article/2008/03/06/20080306192652010.html Мэр Архангельска получил три года условно; приговор будет оспорен] ru icon, Igor Kluchnikov, Radio Svoboda, March 6, 2008]

Political career and persecution

An entrepreneur, with interests -- according at least to one sourceSteven Lee Myers. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25RUSSIA.t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 Post-Putin] Retrieved on 2007-11-25] -- in the supermarket business, he was elected to the mayorship in March 2005 -- reportedly, the youngest mayor of the city to date.Портал муниципального образования «ГОРОД АРХАНГЕЛЬСК». [http://www.arhcity.ru/?page=3/0 Информация о мэре города] Retrieved on 2007-11-25.] His announcementLa Russophobe. [http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/putin-seizes-total-control-of-2008-election-sham/ Putin Seizes Total Control of 2008 "Election" Sham] Retrieved on 2007-11-27.] , on November 1st 2006, of the intention to run for the presidency of Russia, was followed, and allegedly anticipated, by official pressure. He became the subject of a criminal investigation toward the end of 2006 and, in early 2007 was accused of forging a university diploma, and of abuse of office.Elena Larionova. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/euroarctic/amnessida.asp?programID=2460&Nyheter=0&grupp=2587&artikel=1488437 Archangelsk mayor is arrested] Retrieved on 2007-12-10.] Factiva Public Figures & Associates. [http://factiva.com/pfa/newsletter/August%2007.htm Top Stories: PEPs, corruption & money laundering] Retrieved on 2007-12-10.] Following his subsequent arrest, he was released, but was arrested for the second and, at least for the present, final time, in July.Elena Larionova. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?artikel=1491684&ProgramID=2460 Arkhangelsk mayor is released] Retrieved on 2007-12-10.] Michael Schwirtz and Joshua Yaffa. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/25/europe/25russiapress-review.php Russian press review: July 25] Retrieved on 2007-12-10.] As of early October, Donskoy remained in pre-trial detention, with the third of three cases awaiting hearing. At least two sources reported that Donskoy had been handed a suspended sentence (of one year) for charges related to "faking documents" and "illegal business activity." It is not clear whether this result constituted sentences associated with two prosecuted cases or one. Prosecutors are seeking restrictions on future political activity as part of the judgment following the third trial. Supporters maintain his innocence and propose political causes for his continued prosecution.

In 2006 Donskoy raised money to buy out buildings constructed by a Roma group and reached an agreement with a baron Holupy Gomon to move the group out. [ [http://www.arhcity.ru/?page=28/4 В Архангельске не строят этнических баррикад, но люди всех национальностей должны жить по законам России] ,ru icon mayor Donskoy's interview, October 21, 2006]

It appears that Donskoy retains the position of mayor at this time.

References

External links

* [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/euroarctic/amnessida.asp?programID=2460&Nyheter=0&grupp=2587&artikel=1488437 Investigators require that I resign office]
* [http://factiva.com/pfa/newsletter/August%2007.htm Top Stories: PEPs, corruption & money laundering]
* [http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/64/00.html Archangelsk mayor is arrested]
* [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?artikel=1491684&ProgramID=2460 Arkhangelsk Mayor is Released]
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2785475.ece The fate that befalls critics who dare to stand up to Putin]